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Jubilee in Zambia.
Sale of South African chrome, PGM assets progressing well, Zambia-focused Jubilee reports
17th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Workstreams to conclude the sale by Jubilee Metals of its South African chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) operations are progressing well, the now Zambia copper focused London AIM- and... 


NGEx sets date for spin-out of LunR Royalties
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper and gold explorer NGEx Minerals has set October 23 as the effective date for the spin-out of its royalty interests in the Lunahuasi and Los Helados projects into a new company, LunR... 


Gold refining
HSBC raises average gold price forecasts for 2025 and 2026
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

HSBC has raised its 2025 average gold price forecast to $3 355 per ounce from $3 215 due to safe-haven demand driven by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and a weakening US dollar.... 


Teck's Highland Valley copper operation in Canada is a participant of the Copper Mark.
Copper Mark seeks independent chair to steer shift to global mining standard
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Copper Mark has opened applications for an independent chair of its board of directors as it prepares to take on a broader mandate – managing the new Consolidated Mining Standard, a global... 


Ergo processing plant.
More liquid DRDGOLD generates additional first-quarter cash
16th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The high gold price has increased liquidity and cash generated by DRDGOLD in the three months to the end of September, the first quarter of the 2026 financial year of this Johannesburg- and New... 


Gold bars
Gold tops $4 200 for first time on US-China trade tensions, Fed cut bets
15th October 2025 By: Reuters

Gold prices pierced the $4 200 mark for the first time to set a fresh record high on Wednesday, as renewed US-China trade tensions exacerbated existing global uncertainties, alongside increased... 


CMOC owns the Tenke Fungurume cobalt mine in the DRC.
Cobalt rally risks pushing away battery makers, top miner says
15th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Battery makers will hasten a shift away from cobalt if the metal’s price – boosted by export limits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – goes even higher, said an executive at the biggest... 


Codelco CEO Maximo Pacheco
Codelco plans to speed up automation after copper mine collapse
14th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Codelco, one of the world’s biggest copper producers, is pursing ways to remove more people from its giant mines in Chile after a deadly collapse underscored the dangers of digging deep... 


Capstone secures up to $360m from Orion to fund Chile projects
Capstone secures up to $360m from Orion to fund Chile projects
14th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto- and Sydney-listed Capstone Copper has struck a deal with Orion Resource Partners to sell a 25% interest in its Chilean Santo Domingo and Sierra Norte projects in a transaction worth up to... 


I-Pulse cofounder, chairperson and CEO Robert Friedland and Codelco chairperson Máximo Pacheco.
Codelco joins mining giants backing Friedland's I-Pulse’s technology
14th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Major copper producer Codelco has joined a growing group of top-tier miners, including BHP, Rio Tinto, Newmont, Ivanhoe Mines, and Teck Resources,nvesting in I-Pulse, a US-based company developing... 


Value of Argentina's mining exports up about 33% in first nine months of 2025
14th October 2025 By: Reuters

Argentina's mining exports reached $4.21-billion in total value in the first nine months of 2025, an increase of 32.9% compared to the same period last year, the South American country's mining... 


Game-changing possibilities for gold as a modern digital asset.
Digitalisation could re-orientate gold industry, World Gold Council highlights
14th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The value of gold as an asset has never been clearer, yet the gold industry finds itself at a fascinating crossroads, the World Gold Council reports. The advent of new technologies, including... 


Sharp divide between copper bulls and bears at industry gathering
Sharp divide between copper bulls and bears at industry gathering
14th October 2025 By: Reuters

A yawning gap has emerged in views about copper between those counting on mine disruptions to send prices of the major industrial metal to fresh record highs and sceptics who say demand is weak and... 


Copper supply jitters spur interest in Chile's $1.7bn smelter
Copper supply jitters spur interest in Chile's $1.7bn smelter
14th October 2025 By: Reuters

Interest from copper buyers in diversifying supply chains could help Chile's state-run Enami secure funding for a $1.7-billion smelter project, the entity's head told Reuters, even as over-capacity... 


Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Rio Tinto needs strong finish in iron-ore, ups bauxite guidance
14th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining major Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it would need a strong final quarter to meet its full-year iron-ore shipment guidance after third-quarter output showed only a modest recovery... 


FQM's Kansanshi mine, in Zambia
FQM lists requirements for Zambia to reach 3Mt copper ambition
13th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed copper, nickel and gold producer First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has shared its bold vision for helping Zambia reach production of three-million tonnes of copper a year by 2032. To produce... 


BofA hikes gold price forecast to $5 000/oz for 2026
BofA hikes gold price forecast to $5 000/oz for 2026
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

Bank of America Global Research on Monday raised its price forecasts for precious metals, lifting its 2026 outlook for gold to $5 000 an ounce, with an average of around $4 400. Gold surged above... 


Chile mine regulator probes worker death at BHP's Escondida
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's mining regulator Sernageomin said on Friday it is investigating the death of a worker at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine. Two sources with knowledge of the matter said... 


Chance to up diamond strength.
Major opportunity for the diamond business to return to old strengths, says luminary
13th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Botswana is seeking a greater interest in De Beers, and Angola is seeking an interest too. To the mind of diamond luminary Martyn Charles Marriott, this could be an opportunity to return to old... 


The La Parrilla Complex's processing plant
Silver Storm partners with Samsung to reopen Mexico silver mine
13th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed Silver Storm Mining has partnered with subsidiaries of technology giant Samsung for offtake prepayment financing to restart the past-producing La Parrilla silver mine, in Durango,... 


Codelco chairperson Maximo Pacheco
Codelco lifts El Teniente loss estimate, copper output target intact
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

Codelco's copper losses from the accident at its El Teniente mine are likely to be 45% higher than previously estimated, but Chairman Maximo Pacheco still expects the world's largest copper miner... 


Goldman Sachs sees medium-term gains for silver, warns of near-term risks
Goldman Sachs sees medium-term gains for silver, warns of near-term risks
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs said on Sunday that silver prices are likely to rise further in the medium term, driven by private investment flows similar to those boosting gold amid anticipated Federal Reserve... 


Major uplift for South Africa-European Union Just Energy Transition Partnership.
European Union elevates South Africa’s R105bn green hydrogen project to new high
10th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen elevated South Africa’s R105-billion Nelson Mandela Bay green-hydrogen-to-green-ammonia project to a new high when she singled it out for special... 


First blast at the Eucuentro Sulphides pit.
Antofagasta's Centinela reports first blast at Encuentro Sulphides pit
10th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta’s Centinela operation has reached a milestone in its expansion strategy with the first blast at the new Encuentro Sulphides pit. The initial blast forms part of... 


A gold nugget on dollar bills
Gold's record run creates new rulebooks for investors
10th October 2025 By: Reuters

Investors are testing well-established views about gold, which is surging to new records, as an AI-driven stocks rally and red-hot bitcoin force a rethink of what's driving one of the world's... 


Codelco's El Teniente mine was forced to halt production after a fatal accident.
Copper output from Chile's Codelco slides 25% in August after deadly mine accident
10th October 2025 By: Reuters

Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco tumbled 25% in August, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, after a deadly collapse stunted output from its... 


Argentina President Javier Milei
Argentina mining investment on pause as midterm elections loom
10th October 2025 By: Reuters

Political uncertainty ahead of Argentina's October midterm elections is holding back investment decisions in the mining sector, the country's main industry group said on Thursday, warning that... 


Raw copper
Copper hits $11 000/t for first time since May 2024
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

Copper prices hit $11 000 per metric ton on Thursday, a level not seen in over 16 months, as widespread disruption at mines sparks fears of a shortage of supply and attracts speculative inflows.... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
South Africa urged to revive ferroalloy smelters, replace ideology with pragmatism
9th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

At this week’s Joburg Indaba, South Africa was urged to get its many idled ferroalloy smelters working again and to replace ideology with pragmatism in mining. Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu called on... 


Gold bars
Gold takes a breather after safe-haven demand fuels record run
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

Gold took a breather from a record run on Thursday, as investors booked profits a day after bullion breached the $4 000 level for the first time ever on economic and geopolitical uncertainties and... 


Granules of 99.99% pure silver at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in Russia.
Silver soars to record high, riding gold's coattails
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

Silver prices shot to a record high on Wednesday, buoyed by gold's bull run and growing investor demand for hard assets amid persistent geopolitical and economic risks, as well as expectations of... 


Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne.
Promote growth, transformation together, Minerals Council South Africa urges
8th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Growth of the mining industry and the transformation of the economy are inextricably intertwined but need a stable, predictable regulatory environment that promotes both together, Minerals Council... 


Copper market expected to be in surplus in 2025 followed by deficit in 2026, ICSG says
Copper market expected to be in surplus in 2025 followed by deficit in 2026, ICSG says
8th October 2025 By: Reuters

The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) on Wednesday projected a surplus of approximately 178 000 t in the global refined copper market for 2025, followed by a deficit of 150 000 t in 2026.... 


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