Russian State-funded private military company (PMC) Wagner Group is one of the greatest beneficiaries of illicit gold trading, a new report published by the World Gold Council (WGC) shows.... 

Soaring demand for copper will require $250billion of investment over the next decade, helping to drive further mergers in the industry, BHP Group CEO Mike Henry said. “New deposits in certain key... 

Gold will rally to a record next year on central-bank buying and US interest rate cuts, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which listed the metal among top commodity trades for 2025 and said... 

The rare earths recovery project underway in South Africa’s Limpopo province is regarded as one of the world’s most resilient rare earths projects at a time when these elements are in growing... 

Sustainable Fitch, a FitchSolutions company, has launched an expanded Transition Assessment analytical product, through the development of new sector-specific methodologies, covering additional... 

Copper prices could fall towards $8 500 a metric ton within the next four months on expectations that demand will be hurt by potential trade disruptions when Donald Trump returns to the White House... 

A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale, BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the deadly 2015 Fundao tailings dam collapse, according to a statement from the... 

People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter said on Thursday. This follows the... 

JSE-listed Gold Fields made notable operational improvements in the quarter ended September 30, resulting in a 12% quarter-on-quarter increase in output to 510 000 oz and a 3% quarter-on-quarter... 

Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese electric vehicle demand and supply cuts, although analysts caution there’s still likely to be a surplus of the battery metal in 2025.... 

Gold miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has appointed Beyers Nel to succeed Peter Steenkamp as CEO, with effect from January 1. Floyd Masemula has also been appointed deputy CEO from January 1,... 

Chile-based copper miner Antofagasta’s transport division, Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), has unveiled South America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The new locomotive, which... 

Mining company Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25-MW solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30 MW. The new solar plant will... 

BHP Group is likely to flesh out plans next week to spend at least $7-billion over the coming years to recover more metal from the world's biggest copper mine, Escondida in Chile, investors and... 

How South Africa can grow its participation in the global battery supply chain was spelt out this week at the Mintek@90 event to mark nine decades of mineral and metallurgical research, development... 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should sell 4% of its gold to help offer debt relief to low-income countries devastated by climate-related catastrophes, a study said as climate financing... 

ASX-listed Lake Resources on Wednesday announced a sale agreement with Austroid to sell three of its lithium brine assets in Argentina for $9-million. The assets, including tenements at Paso de... 

Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate... 

The global silver deficit is expected to fall by 4% to 182 million ounces in 2024, with growth of 2% in total supply offsetting demand growth of 1%, the Silver Institute industry association said... 

Why is it that gold equities are continuing to underperform the gold price? That is a question Mining Weekly put to Barrick president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow after he noted the lag of gold equities... 

Precious metals miner Fresnillo said on Tuesday that the Sabinas mine, owned by Mexico's top silver miner Industrias Penoles, was experiencing operational difficulties, affecting silver... 

Chile's environmental regulator has filed a charge against State-run miner Codelco over alleged emissions violations at its Potrerillos copper smelter in the Atacama region. The Superintendency of... 

South Africa’s current process of dissolving the world’s purest manganese metal to make battery grade manganese has got the lowest incentive price of any of the new, non-Chinese high-purity... 

JSE- and NYSE-listed Harmony Gold has reported relatively flat year-on-year gold production but announced significant improvements in operational cash flow owing to enhanced recovery grades. In its... 

Iron-ore fell toward $100 a ton as Beijing’s latest efforts to revive the economy left investors disappointed, while an expansion in Chinese port stockpiles highlighted ample supplies. Futures... 

ASX- and TSX-V-listed copper explorer Hot Chili has entered into a three-year option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the historical La Verde openpit copper mine, in Chile. The mine is about... 

GEM Co., a Chinese battery-metal producer, and Vale’s Indonesian unit signed an agreement to build a $1.42-billion nickel plant in the Southeast Asian nation, highlighting the country’s drive to... 

The Africa region delivered “its usual reliable performance” for Barrick, Dr Mark Bristow highlighted in his presentation of the third-quarter results of the New York- and Toronto-listed gold and... 

Canadian exploration company Aldebaran Resources has entered into an option agreement to joint venture with Nuton Holdings, a Rio Tinto venture, on the Altar copper/gold project in Argentina. The... 

Iron-ore futures slid on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance amid continuously falling demand and ahead of top consumer China unveiling its keenly-watched fiscal stimulus package. The... 

Global physically-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw inflows for the sixth straight month in October, with year-to-date flows turning positive for the first time this year, the World Gold... 

Following gold miners Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti’s announcement last year that they intend to enter into a joint venture (JV) in Ghana, the companies have advised it has not yet received the...