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African Rainbow Minerals considers Papua New Guinea copper venture with Newmont Corp
18th November 2025 By: Reuters

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is evaluating a substantial copper venture in Papua New Guinea in partnership with US mining giant Newmont Corporation, chairperson Patrice Motsepe said on Tuesday.... 


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China approves first-of-a-kind platinum, palladium derivatives, Heraeus reports
18th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the launch of platinum and palladium futures and options contracts on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange, Heraeus reports. The contracts will... 


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Goldman Sachs sees continued central bank gold buying in November
18th November 2025 By: Reuters

Central banks likely bought large amounts of gold in November in a multi-year trend to diversify reserves to hedge geopolitical and financial risks, Goldman Sachs said on Monday. The Wall Street... 


Viridis secures Canadian financing interest for rare earths project
Viridis secures Canadian financing interest for rare earths project
18th November 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Viridis Mining and Minerals said on Tuesday it received a letter of interest from Export Development Canada for up to $100-million in debt financing for its Colossus rare earths project... 


West Wits CEO Rudi Deysel (left) and Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer on site.
West Wits drawdown firms up return of gold mining to Golden City early next year
17th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

West Wits Mining on Monday issued a drawdown notice for a first tranche of $12.5-million from a loan facility to advance the development of Qala Shallows, the promising project that is bringing... 


Recovery plant
Goldplat reports strong operating quarter, £2.09m operating profit
14th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Goldplat has reported that its two recovery operations – in South Africa and Ghana – achieved a combined operating profit of £2.09-million for the quarter ended September 30. The company... 


Silver market heading for fifth straight structural deficit
Silver market heading for fifth straight structural deficit
14th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The global silver market is on track to record its fifth consecutive structural deficit in 2025, with tightening supply, surging investor demand and record prices underscoring one of the most... 


BHP liable for 2015 Brazil dam collapse, UK court rules in mammoth lawsuit
BHP liable for 2015 Brazil dam collapse, UK court rules in mammoth lawsuit
14th November 2025 By: Reuters

BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London's High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants' lawyers previously valued at up to 36-billion pounds... 


Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser
Gold Fields targeting incrementatal growth in output over the next five years
13th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

During a Capital Markets Day media conference call, on November 13, gold miner Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser pointed out that the company was targeting incremental production growth over the next... 


CEO Paul Andre Huet
Americas Gold and Silver to acquire Idaho mine for $65m
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX- and NYSE America-listed Americas Gold and Silver on Thursday announced the acquisition of Crescent Silver, owner of the Crescent mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley, for a total of $65-million. The... 


China's copper exports boom on rising arbitrage, supply
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese copper exports are on pace to set a record in 2025, with October shipments set to exceed 100 000 metric tons for only the third time ever, as rising domestic supply and higher foreign... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel
Harmony celebrates fatality-free quarter, reports solid operational performance
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold and copper producer Harmony Gold Mining Company delivered a solid operational performance for the three months ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2026 financial year – which CEO... 


AngloGold Ashanti's Geita mine in Tanzania.
Best prospects are within, AngloGold avers amid highlighting low-hanging Tanzania fruit
12th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

AngloGold Ashanti is constantly coming up with the same answer during its continual assessment of where this 40 000-employee gold mining major can generate the most value.   “The answer is clear,”... 


Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng outline plan for 150 000 t/y PPG project
Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng outline plan for 150 000 t/y PPG project
12th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng Lithium have reported positive results from a scoping study for their integrated Pozuelos–Pastos Grandes (PPG) lithium brine project in Argentina’s Salta province,... 


AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon.
AngloGold Ashanti’s third-quarter free cash flow up 141% to record $920m
11th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the free cash flow of AngloGold Ashanti rose 141% year-on-year to a record $920-million as continued cost discipline helped to capture the benefits of a higher... 


Barrick Africa region delivers largest gold production rise.
Africa delivers largest production increase of all Barrick regions with earnings up 65%
11th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the Africa region of Barrick Mining Corporation delivered the largest quarter-on-quarter increase of all the Barrick regions. Moreover, the costs of the Africa... 


Vale CEO Gustavo Pimenta
Vale gearing up to meet Indian demand as China steel output stagnates, CEO says
11th November 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale is preparing to meet rising iron ore demand from India, which could double its steel production by the end of the decade, CEO Gustavo Pimenta told Reuters. Rising sales to... 


Now scarce yttrium emerging.
South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earths project is gift that just keeps on giving
10th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 


Barrick posts record cash flow, lifts dividend as gold prices surge
Barrick posts record cash flow, lifts dividend as gold prices surge
10th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Monday reported record quarterly cash flow and earnings for the third quarter of 2025, driven by higher gold production, lower costs and strong commodity prices. The... 


China grants conditional approval for Codelco-SQM lithium joint venture
China grants conditional approval for Codelco-SQM lithium joint venture
10th November 2025 By: Reuters

China's market regulator said on Monday that it granted conditional approval for a lithium-related joint venture between Chile's state-run copper giant-Codelco and local lithium producer SQM. The... 


President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Why coal still clings on in renewable energy powerhouse Brazil
10th November 2025 By: Reuters

One of Brazil's last coal plants roared back to life in July after a powerful business group invested millions to keep its turbines turning in the southern mining town of Candiota. The plant's... 


Barrick sells Chile’s Alturas project to Boroo for $50m
Barrick sells Chile’s Alturas project to Boroo for $50m
10th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Gold has completed the sale of its Alturas project in northern Chile to Singapore-based Boroo for $50-million in cash. As part of the deal, Barrick will retain a 0.5%... 


Bolivia is rethinking lithium deals with China, Russia in US pivot
7th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Bolivia is awash in the battery metal lithium, but the resource is nearly all trapped underground. President-elect Rodrigo Paz, who takes office Saturday, is vowing to finally bring Bolivia into... 


Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection Executive Director Joel Netshitenzhe.
Strong renewed thrust for South African PGM exchange under way
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A strong renewed thrust is under way for the creation of a platinum group metals (PGM) commodities exchange in South Africa to take advantage of South Africa's massive PGMs endowment at a time when... 


The Caserones mine in Chile
Lundin lifts copper guidance, trims cost outlook on strong quarter
7th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Lundin Mining has raised its full-year copper production guidance and lowered its cost outlook following a strong third quarter that saw output, revenue and earnings improve across... 


Clean TeQ awarded A$19m contract for Rio Tinto’s Rincon project
Clean TeQ awarded A$19m contract for Rio Tinto’s Rincon project
6th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Clean TeQ Water has been awarded a $12.5-million (A$19.2-million) contract by Rincon Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, for the Rincon lithium project in Argentina’s Salta... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum earnings up 213%, gold earnings up 177%
6th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The significant leverage of Sibanye-Stillwater to precious metals prices is clearly illustrated by the skyrocketing of its South African gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) earnings in the three... 


Albemarle's cost cuts, steady volumes fuel smaller loss amid weak lithium prices
Albemarle's cost cuts, steady volumes fuel smaller loss amid weak lithium prices
6th November 2025 By: Reuters

Albemarle reported a smaller-than-expected loss for the third quarter on Wednesday, as the lithium producer's tight leash on costs and resilient sales volumes softened the squeeze from persistently... 


Once a lithium darling, Sigma’s woes mount with 29% stock rout
Once a lithium darling, Sigma’s woes mount with 29% stock rout
5th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Sigma Lithium is plunging amid growing doubts about near-term production and potential delays to a key expansion project. In a sharp reversal for a stock once seen as an industry darling, Sigma... 


Codelco cuts copper output guidance for 2025
Codelco cuts copper output guidance for 2025
5th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, cut on Tuesday its forecast for 2025 output, despite higher production in the year's first nine months through September. The state-owned... 


Anglo American's Barro Alto operations
China’s MMG hit by EU probe of $500m Anglo deal
5th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chinese-owned mining firm MMG’s $500-million purchase of Anglo American's Brazilian nickel business has been hit by an in-depth European Union probe after regulators warned that the deal threatens... 


 Engineering inspection of concrete test cubes.
As Joburg's gold begins to re-show, Pilgrim’s Rest gold plant project accelerates
4th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg and Pilgrim’s Rest, two locations steeped in South African gold mining history, are both making it clear that their gold resources are far from done. Mining Weekly chalked up reads... 


Rio2 secures $50m from Wheaton for Chile gold project
4th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Rio2 has received a final $50-million deposit from Wheaton Precious Metals to advance construction of its Fenix gold project in Chile, one of the largest undeveloped gold oxide, heap... 


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