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(From left) GoldBod director Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, GoldBod chair Kojo Fynn, GoldBod CEO Samuel Gyamfi, GoldBod deputy CEO Richard Nunekpeku, Gold Coast Refinery chair and CEO Dr Said Deraz, Egyptian Ambassador to Ghana H E Wael Fathy, Rand Refinery CEO Dean Subramanian, Gold Coast Refinery executive director Imad Deraz.
South Africa’s Rand Refinery enters strategic partnership with Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery
21st January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In a major advance that enables local refining of artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold and elevates West Africa's responsible sourcing standards to a new high, South Africa’s Rand Refinery, as... 


Blanket mine shaft
Caledonia successfully raises $150m through upsized note offering
21st January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After successfully closing a $150-million seven-year convertible senior note offering, gold miner Caledonia Mining Corporation says it will start ordering long lead-time equipment for the Bilboes... 


Vale Base Metals CEO Shaun Usmar
Vale’s copper ambition is to produce 1Mt/y
21st January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Vale’s base metals unit wants to eventually produce one-million tons of copper by developing existing assets, exceeding an output target for 2035. Major mining firms such as Anglo American and Rio... 


Teck production in line with guidance
Teck production in line with guidance
21st January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian major Teck Resources has reported 2025 yearly copper production of 453 500 t, in line with previously disclosed guidance, supported by strong operational performance across its portfolio... 


Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi (left) and Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Sasol, Valterra Platinum on board Hydrogen Council as next delivery phase takes off
21st January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In an announcement to Mining Weekly from Brussels on Tuesday January 20, South Africa’s Simon Baloyi, the CEO of Sasol, and South Africa's Craig Miller, the CEO of Valterra Platinum, featured... 


Spot gold crosses $4 800/oz for the first time
Spot gold crosses $4 800/oz for the first time
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

Spot gold surged past the psychological milestone of $4 800/oz on Wednesday for the first time, as safe-haven demand kept bullion a favored asset. 


Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Rio Tinto leans on copper as Pilbara steadies after earlier storms
21st January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto reported robust production results for 2025, highlighted by an 8% year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent output. The strong performance was driven by the company’s... 


Koné processing plant
Montage Gold expects first gold pour at Koné before year-end
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Montage Gold is making rapid construction progress at its 90%-owned Koné project, in Côte d’Ivoire, with the first gold pour through the oxide circuit expected late in the fourth quarter... 


Ferrochrome from the Lion smelter.
Ferrochrome venture’s 2025 output 63% lower, Merafe reports
20th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Ferrochrome output from the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture was 63% lower in 2025 than in 2024, Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, January 20. Attributable production fell from 301 000 t in 2024... 


Drill rig underground at Bulyanhulu mine, in Tanzania
Mining services company Capital expects more revenue gains in high-demand environment
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed mining services provider Capital says it delivered a strong finish to the year ended December 31, 2025, with full-year revenue having been at the upper end of revised and raised... 


Bisie mine
Alphamin reports solid full-year earnings increase, retirement of CEO
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V- and JSE-listed tin miner Alphamin Resources has reported a 25% year-on-year increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to $341-million for the year ended... 


BHP lifted its 2026 production guidance for Escondida
BHP upgrades copper guidance on back of record half-year performance
20th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining major BHP has lifted its 2026 copper production guidance after delivering record operating performances across its copper and iron-ore assets in the half year ended December 31, capitalising... 


Gold
Concerns over US Fed’s independence also keeping gold prices high
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Spot gold prices reached a high of $4 666/oz on January 19, compared with an average price of $4 590/oz last week, while silver hit a fresh intraday record of $93/oz on January 15, mostly owing to... 


The big blue Cullinan diamond.
South Africa’s illustrious Cullinan diamond mine doing it again with big blue
19th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The illustrious Cullinan diamond mine, flagship of London-listed Petra Diamonds, is not only famous for hosting the largest gem diamond but a flurry of reports is now affording sky-high status to... 


BHP refused permission to appeal UK judgment over 2015 Brazil dam collapse
BHP refused permission to appeal UK judgment over 2015 Brazil dam collapse
19th January 2026 By: Reuters

BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, in a London lawsuit potentially worth tens of billions of... 


Bolivia pledges to honor energy, lithium deals to reassure investors
19th January 2026 By: Reuters

Bolivia’s centrist government will respect all existing hydrocarbons and lithium agreements as part of a push to rebuild investor confidence after years of instability, the country’s energy... 


Lumwana mine, in Zambia
Barrick deploys Metso Concorde Cell tech at Lumwana
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global gold and copper producer Barrick Mining Corporation has chosen to use end-to-end mining solutions company Metso’s Concorde Cell flotation technology at its Lumwana expansion project, in... 


Greenland
Global stocks take hit from tariff threats; gold gets safety bid
19th January 2026 By: Reuters

Global stocks slid and the dollar eased against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap extra tariffs on goods imported from eight European... 


Perseus Mining's Sissingué complex
Perseus confirms death of a second employee involved in vehicle accident
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has confirmed the death of a second employee following an offsite vehicle accident, near its Bagoé gold mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, on January 15. The employee had... 


Endeavour Silver sets 2026 guidance as Terronera enters first full year
Endeavour Silver sets 2026 guidance as Terronera enters first full year
19th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Midtier precious metals producer Endeavour Silver has set a guidance of 14.6-million to 15.6-million silver-equivalent ounces for 2026. The guidance comprises 8.3-million to 8.9-million ounces of... 


The Kolomela mine
Iron-ore falls as high prices deter buyers
16th January 2026 By: Reuters

 Iron-ore futures drifted lower on Friday as high prices and slim margins deterred buying in the biggest consumer China, with the Dalian iron-ore contract reporting a weekly decline for the first... 


trade port shipping containers
Global trade set to slow in 2026 as protectionism, fragmentation intensify, Unctad says
16th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Global trade is expected to continue growing this year but at a slower pace after reaching a record high in 2025, as rising protectionism, geopolitical tensions and tighter regulation reshape trade... 


Boston Consulting Group’s Tycho Möncks (left) and Mikhail Nikomarov.
2025 to 2035 decisive for Africa’s new mineral wealth opportunity, say Boston execs
16th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Brazil shuts down Sigma Lithium waste piles over safety concerns
16th January 2026 By: Reuters

Brazil's Labor Ministry has shut down three waste piles at Sigma Lithium's flagship mine in the state of Minas Gerais, citing a "grave and imminent" risk to workers and the local community,... 


First Quantum backs Panama's plan to allow stockpile processing at shut copper mine
First Quantum backs Panama's plan to allow stockpile processing at shut copper mine
16th January 2026 By: Reuters

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals on Thursday welcomed Panama President Jose Raul Mulino's plan, announced early this month, to allow the removal and processing of stockpiled ore at its... 


A Coal India operation
Coal India eyes rare earth pacts in Australia, Russia and Africa, unit exec says
15th January 2026 By: Reuters

Coal India is scouting partnership opportunities in rare-earth mining across Australia, Russia, Argentina, Chile and several African countries, a top executive of its coking coal-focussed unit said... 


Palladium bar closeup
LBMA tasks IBA to also administer platinum, palladium prices
15th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has appointed ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) as the administrator of the LBMA Platinum and Palladium Prices.... 


Blanket mine
Caledonia announces $100m note offering
15th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Gold miner Caledonia Mining Corporation, which owns and operates the Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, intends to launch a private placement offering $100-million of convertible senior notes due 2033.... 


Waterberg project location
Half of Waterberg pre-construction work complete while PTM mulls development options
15th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

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.... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Significant new platinum-linked green hydrogen advances sweeping across UAE and US
15th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Saudi Arabia Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef adressing delegates at the Future Minerals Forum
FMF underscores importance of securing minerals supply
14th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

With burgeoning demand for critical minerals globally, there is a need for secure, sustainable and resilient supply chains to ensure countries can capitalise on this momentum and their resources.... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Future Minerals Forum launches pioneer Future Minerals Barometer
14th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum research head notes demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives
14th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


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