New Proudly South African smelting technology, which uses 70% less electricity, cuts costs, slashes carbon emissions and can process low-grade material, has all the attributes needed to win back... 

Chilean miner Antofagasta and Jiangxi Copper have agreed significantly lower copper concentrate processing fees for 2025, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The... 

Canadian multinational Wheaton Precious Metals’ (WPM's) wholly-owned subsidiary Wheaton Precious Metals International (WPMI) has entered into a definitive precious metals purchase agreement with... 

Vale’s base metals subsidiary will let go of dozens of managers to simplify its corporate structure and improve performance, according to people familiar with the matter. The job cuts are part of... 

Chile has designated six more sites where private companies are eligible to extract lithium, adding to six previously announced, the mining ministry said on Thursday. Chile, the world's No. 2... 

Mines using renewable energy are being encouraged to harvest and store heat wasted during minerals processing and to then use its green electrons to close renewables intermittency gaps that come... 

Gold has scope to push higher next year, likely hitting a record, as the Federal Reserve cuts rates and central banks add bullion to reserves, according to Macquarie Group. The precious metal may... 

A new report published by the Future Minerals Forum states that an estimated $5.4-trillion in investments is required by 2035 to meet the growing demand for key materials in the mining and metals... 

Dr Nombasa Tsengwa, the CEO of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Exxaro Resources, has been placed on precautionary suspension with immediate effect, pending the outcome of an independent... 

A R1.5-billion green loan facility secured in 2022 is the significant funding underpin of three solar PV renewable-energy plants being constructed by Harmony Gold at its large Moab Khotsong gold... 

Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has reaffirmed its goal of producing one-million tonnes a year of copper by the end of the decade, as part of its strategy to become a global... 

Diversified mining company Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced initial mineral resources and ore reserves for its Salar del Rincon lithium brine deposits in Argentina. The initial mineral resources... 

Chile plans to invest about $83.18-billion from this year through 2033, state-run agency Cochilco said in a study cited in a newspaper report on Tuesday, an increase of 27% from last year's... 

McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of NYSE-listed McEwen Mining, has received approval for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of its Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina. The... 

Brazilian miner Vale said on Tuesday it expects to produce between 325-million and 335-million metric tons of iron-ore in 2025, following an output of about 328-million tons this year. Vale, one... 

Global investor sentiment towards South Africa improved significantly in 2024, Exxaro FD Riaan Koppeschaar reported on Tuesday, December 3. In a pre-close message for the financial year ending... 

Diversified miner Anglo American has completed the transaction to incorporate the Serpentina iron-ore resource into its Minas-Rio operation in Brazil, the company announced on Monday. The deal,... 

Canadian mining company GoviEx Uranium states in its latest ‘Sustainability 2024’ report that it is taking a precautionary approach to environment and social risks, devising strategies that... 

The outlook for platinum group metals (PGM) demand has been uplifted by a series of new developments in the field of platinum-catalysed green hydrogen generation as well as concomitant fuel cell... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Lithium Americas (Argentina) has announced plans to redomicile from Canada to Switzerland, a move designed to enhance the company’s growth prospects and financing flexibility.... 

Gold eased, pressured by a rising US dollar after President-elect Donald Trump warned the so-called BRICS nations that he would require commitments that they would not move to create a new... 

Canadian exploration and development company Condor Gold has confirmed it has received two nonbinding acquisition offers, one from Calibre Mining and the other from Metals Exploration, potentially... 

Peru’s Congress voted late on Friday to extend for six months a controversial permit that allows informal mines to operate in the country. The permit, known as Reinfo, is opposed by most of the... 

Chile registered its biggest month of copper production this year, and the best October since before the pandemic, as the biggest supplier of the wiring metal recovers from project setbacks. Mines... 

Investment in downstream beneficiation is starting to pay dividends and to show real commercial results, says Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis. “We sold our first commercial chrome alloy to an... 

Explorer and developer CleanTech Lithium has announced the appointment of Australian national Tony Esplin as CEO designate. His appointment comes as the company sets its sights on an ASX listing in... 

Chile's State-owned miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said on Thursday it had reached a new collective bargaining agreement with the union in charge of developing some of its most... 

Developing gold mining company West Wits Mining, which is reinvigorating the gold mining prospects west of Johannesburg with its Witwatersrand Basin project (WBP), on Thursday, November 28... 

Private investment company Menar, which is awaiting Competition Commission approval following its bid for the large Metalloys ferromanganese facility in Meyerton, is looking to restart at least two... 

Bolivia's government and Chinese consortium CBC, which includes battery manufacturer CATL, have signed an agreement for CBC to build two direct lithium extraction plants for at least $1-billion,... 

Ecuador's mineral exports could fall by some 20% year-on-year, mining vice-minister Rebeca Illescas told an industry conference on Tuesday, as power cuts and delays in giving export licenses hit... 

A drop in gold prices this month has drawn in buyers of the metal who had been waiting for the market's lightning rally this year to subside, industry players and analysts said. Spot gold prices...