Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positioned green hydrogen at the centre of Africa’s big energy opportunity – and then on Wednesday... 

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 

Africa does not have the luxury of treating regional cooperation and regional beneficiation as afterthoughts. If the continent continues to negotiate in small, fragmented units, the result will be... 

The Future Minerals Conference, the Future Minerals Forum’s (FMF's) Ministerial Roundtable and the “largest such gathering of its kind globally”, has grown considerably over the past few years,... 

BHP Group’s bold bid to buy rival Anglo American in 2024 was supposed to set it up as the clear winner in a copper boom it had long predicted. Two years later, the copper market is indeed booming.... 

The Future Minerals Forum's (FMF's) conference is a “fantastic event that is growing in leaps in bounds”, convening important mining participants from around the world and streamlining connections.... 

Africa’s mineral wealth has become a focal point for the clean energy transition and advanced manufacturing and coordinated action by Africa can convert the continent’s mineral wealth into GDP... 

Precious metals industry service provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that platinum prices may soon retreat back to average levels, with the rally having become... 

Rio Tinto has engaged JPMorgan and two other advisers on its potential acquisition of Glencore, a deal that could create the world's largest miner worth over $200-billion, a source with knowledge... 

London-listed Petra Diamonds has recovered a 41.82 ct Type IIb blue diamond of seemingly exceptional quality in terms of both its colour and clarity at the Cullinan mine, in South Africa. The... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the significant new platinum-linked green hydrogen advances in the UAE and US; the demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives; and... 

One of Australia's oldest and largest investors has added to the growing local chorus of concerns about Rio Tinto's potential acquisition of Glencore, questioning the proposed tie-up's merits and... 

Ghana will scrap long-term mining investment stability agreements and double royalties under sweeping reforms, the regulator in Africa's top gold producer told Reuters, as it seeks to capture more... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo is sending its first shipment of copper to the US through a partnership with Mercuria Energy Group, as the Trump administration pushes to challenge China’s... 

The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) has launched the inaugural Future Minerals Barometer, a pioneering tool designed to measure and track progress of critical mineral value-chain developments across... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines says development of its Platreef mine, in South Africa, is rapidly advancing after the first production of concentrate was achieved in November last year. The company... 

Mining major Rio Tinto has entered into a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will see AWS become the first customer for copper produced using Rio’s Nuton bioleaching... 

Australia's two biggest miners Rio Tinto and BHP on Thursday announced that they were exploring a new collaboration in the Pilbara that could unlock up to 200-million tonnes of additional iron-ore,... 

The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers will meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday after President Donald Trump recently stepped up threats to take... 

Gold miner Kinross on Thursday announced the construction of three organic growth projects in the US – the Round Mountain Phase X and Bald Mountain Redbird 2 projects in Nevada, and the Kettle... 

Coal company Liberty Coal has confirmed that about 540 employees have been transferred to Liberty Mine Services (LMS), following its appointment as the principal independent mining contractor at... 

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to create a $2.5-billion stockpile of critical minerals, a move aimed at stabilizing market prices and encouraging domestic mining... 

Atlantic Alumina Company has announced a $450-million strategic partnership with the US government and private investors to sustain domestic alumina production and establish America’s first... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has reported that copper production at the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reached 388 838 t of copper in concentrate in 2025,... 

LSE-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has started operations at its Johannesburg pilot plant, marking the final phase of process testwork for the Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa. The... 

TSX-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says its primary business objective remains to advance the Waterberg project in South Africa’s Bushveld complex to a development and construction decision.... 

China's unwrought copper imports in 2025 fell to the lowest level since 2020, China's customs data showed on Wednesday, as high prices weighed on demand. The top consumer imported 5.32-million... 

Mali's industrial gold output fell 22.9% in 2025, hurt by the lengthy suspension of Barrick Mining's operations due to a dispute over tougher mining rules, provisional figures from the West African... 

Finance ministers from the G7 and other major economies met in Washington on Monday to discuss ways to reduce dependence on rare earths from China, including setting a price floor and new... 

A US Republican congressman has introduced legislation aimed at overturning a Biden administration decision that restricted mining across a large area of northern Minnesota, reopening a... 

JSE-listed Northam Platinum has reported a 3.7% year-on-year increase in total equivalent refined platinum group metals (PGMs) produced from its own operations and a 14.8% year-on-year increase in...