Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). MMC’s... 

The mining and metals sector needs to accelerate growth and build additional capacity to support the energy transition. This trend, alongside the need to maintain capital discipline, has elevated... 

Canada-focused Wesdome Gold Mines has appointed Guy Belleau as COO with effect from September 30. Belleau is a professional engineer who has spent more than three decades in mine operations,... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Osisko Gold Royalties has entered into an agreement to acquire a 1.8% gross revenue royalty on the Dalgaranga gold project, operated by Spartan Resources, in Western... 

Copper production at Freeport-McMoRan's new giant Manyar smelter in Indonesia will be delayed until November due to water and steam leakage during an initial test period, two sources with knowledge... 

Goldman Sachs on Monday raised its gold price forecast to $2 900/oz from $2 700/oz for early 2025 citing gradually rising ETF flows with interest rate cuts in the West and China, and higher central... 

Blyvoor gold mine on Johannesburg’s West Rand has sold 16% more gold to the end of August, Aurous Gold stated in a mid-year release on Monday. Gold production for the fiscal 2025 half-year to the... 

Diversified commodities major BHP has warned that the world will need $250-billion in investment over the next decade to bridge the growing gap between copper supply and surging demand. As the... 

India and the United States are likely to sign an initial pact for cooperation on critical minerals this week, two government sources said, as the two countries try to bolster trade ties despite... 

Canadian miner Teck Resources will focus on organic growth as there is a risk of paying too high a premium for takeovers, its CEO said on Monday. CEO Jonathan Price said the company is developing... 

TSX- and NYSE American-listed Western Copper and Gold has announced the appointment of Raymond Threlkeld as chairperson. Threlkeld, who joined the board in June this year, succeeds Bill Williams,... 

Australian company Lithium Universe is progressing its strategy to address the “lithium conversion gap” in North America by establishing a Canada-based lithium chemicals operation. The company... 

Panama’s finance chief said he sees no good reason why First Quantum Minerals shouldn’t export the large volume of copper stockpiled at its shuttered mine in the country. The government is working... 

Freeport-McMoRan is turbo-charging its copper output across three continents with no plans to join a buyout frenzy sweeping the mining industry, a strategy that analysts say positions the company... 

The relationship that vanadium development company Vanadium Resources (VR8) is striking up with China Energy International Group could give the Steelpoortdrift project developer an answer to many... 

Mining company Element79 Gold is making headway with its vision of restarting the past-producing Lucero gold and silver mine in the Arequipa region of Peru. The CSE-listed company has signed a... 

TSX-V-listed Volt Lithium has started US field operations in the Permian basin in Texas, shifting from development to production. The first-lithium production milestone, president and CEO Alex... 

The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Thursday concluded its hearing for the final order to approve the acquisition of Fission Uranium by Paladin Energy and is expected to deliver its decision... 

A new survey of mining leaders by KPMG in Canada finds an industry confronted by stringent compliance and regulatory demands, pressures related to community and environmental matters, and concerns... 

Silver prices have bubbled up to their highest in over a decade on the back of bullion's stellar bull run and China's stimulus measures, although some analysts expect the rally to fade as... 

Rio Tinto aims to start churning out copper from a long-delayed mining project in Arizona by the end of the decade, according to CEO Jakob Stausholm. “From a permitting point of view, we are... 

Australia-listed FireFly Metals on Thursday announced a successful A$65-million capital raise to underpin the next phase of growth at its Green Bay copper and gold project, in Canada. The company... 

BHP has become the first customer to announce plans to trial Caterpillar's newly launched Cat Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system on its battery-electric and diesel-electric mining trucks. The... 

Prices of iron-ore futures extended gains into a third straight session on Thursday, after top consumer China's pledge for more stimulus injected further confidence just as the last wave of... 

Nonprofit organisation ICMM has published updated guidance for improving accurate hazard assessment of ores and concentrates during maritime transportation and reducing hazard-related risks.  The... 

Gauteng Growth and Development Agency subsidiary The Innovation Hub has signed a memorandum of understanding with NYSE- and JSE-listed surface gold tailings retreatment company DRDGOLD’s Ergo... 

Potash development company Karnalyte Resources has announced plans to review its development strategy, exploring the potential of increasing magnesium chloride production at its Wynyard project in... 

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has awarded rare earths miner Pensana a $3.4-million technical assistance grant, which will help fund studies into the proposed expansion... 

Canadian miner Asante Gold on Wednesday announced an equity financing agreement with a strategic investor to raise C$136-million. The company, which operates the Bibiani and Chirano gold mines in... 

Australia-listed QX Resources (QXR) has renegotiated an option agreement over the Liberty lithium brine project, in California, to reduce option payments and to also include an option to acquire an... 

Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of the scale, everyone was urged to declare war on... 

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to create a national stockpile of critical minerals, saying a cache of the materials used in everything from batteries to defense systems is needed for economic...