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Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals, says official
18th September 2024 By: Reuters

State-run Coal India is scouting for critical minerals in Argentina and is in talks with officials in Chile for lithium, India's federal mines secretary V. L. Kantha Rao said on Wednesday. India... 


The Saldanha Bay Iron Ore Terminal in South Africa
Iron-ore posts steepest daily fall in nearly two years
18th September 2024 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures prices posted their biggest daily fall in nearly two years on Wednesday, weighed down by prospects of stronger global supply and weakening Chinese steel demand. The most-traded... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow addressing the Gold Forum Americas audience in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.
Barrick eyes 30% production boost, CEO says undervaluation offers investment opportunity
18th September 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered mining major Barrick has laid out a promising production forecast, with plans to increase gold-equivalent ounces from its existing assets by 30% by the end of this decade.... 


Dr Philipp Walter, Executive VP Business Line Hydrogen Systems, Global Business Unit Heraeus Precious Metals.
Platinum group metals can play essential decarb role beyond hydrogen ­– Heraeus
17th September 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis can play an essential decarbonising role beyond hydrogen generation, where its use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology for water electrolysis and fuel... 


worker in PPE walking along coal stoockpile
1.25m coal jobs could be lost globally by 2035, report says
17th September 2024 By: Darren Parker

Research firm McKinsey’s inaugural ‘Global Materials Perspective’ report shows that, while the green energy transition could generate 340 000 global jobs to scale critical minerals and metals... 


Mukhtar Babayev
COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals
17th September 2024 By: Reuters

Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with... 


Goldman Sachs reiterates bullish view on gold prices amid Fed rate-cut hopes
Goldman Sachs reiterates bullish view on gold prices amid Fed rate-cut hopes
17th September 2024 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs reiterated its optimistic outlook on gold prices on Monday, citing central bank demand and the imminent interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve at its policy meeting this week.... 


First Quantum Minerals offers voluntary retirement to Cobre Panama workers, sources say
First Quantum Minerals offers voluntary retirement to Cobre Panama workers, sources say
17th September 2024 By: Reuters

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals has opened a voluntary retirement scheme to workers at the Cobre Panama mine, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the company waits for a government... 


Bento Rodigues district was covered in mud after Samarco dam burst in Mariana November 2015
Brazil confirms potential $18bn deal with miners involved in deadly dam disaster
17th September 2024 By: Reuters

he Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18-billion payout from a trio of miners involved in a deadly 2015 dam collapse, saying the deal could also involve... 


Goldman Sachs cuts Q4 iron-ore price forecast by $15/t on supply glut
Goldman Sachs cuts Q4 iron-ore price forecast by $15/t on supply glut
16th September 2024 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs on Monday cut its iron-ore price forecast for the fourth quarter of 2024 by $15, to $85 per metric ton, citing market oversupply even though demand from top consumer China is... 


Platinum Group President and CEO Frank Hallam.
Stronger-than-ever feasibility thumbs up for R18bn platinum group metals project in Limpopo
16th September 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on the economic viability and wealth creation... 


Piles of rare earth oxides
China’s grip on rare earths undercuts projects from US to Japan
16th September 2024 By: Bloomberg

A couple hours outside Houston, in a remote field near a Dow Chemical Co. plant, America’s bid to undercut China’s grip on the global supply of rare earth minerals critical to high technology has... 


Gold bars
Gold climbs to another record with Fed rate cut expected in days
16th September 2024 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to a record as markets waited for the Federal Reserve to begin easing monetary policy for the first time in more than four years. Bullion climbed as much as 0.4% to a high of $2... 


Vale says routine check revealed cracks in dam, stability unchanged
16th September 2024 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale said on Saturday that it is conducting checks on a dam after a routine inspection identified surface cracks but noted that the structure’s stability conditions remain... 


Endeavour's BIO Expansion project at the Sabodala-Massawa mine
Endeavour ramps up processing at both Sabodala-Massawa, Lafigué mines
13th September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London- and Toronto-listed gold miner Endeavour Mining has started commercial production at its Sabodala-Massawa BIOX Expansion project in Senegal as well as at its Lafigué mine in Côte d’Ivoire.... 


Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3 000/oz milestone
Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3 000/oz milestone
13th September 2024 By: Reuters

Gold market bulls are locking in bullion prices surging to fresh records, with a milestone of $3 000 per ounce coming into focus, fired up by monetary easing by major central banks and a tight US... 


Aclara Resources aims to speed up start date for Brazil rare earths deposit
13th September 2024 By: Reuters

Miner Aclara Resources plans to request a key environmental permit to develop a rare earths deposit in Brazil early next year with the aim of starting production in 2027, two years earlier than... 


Mines shown by red dots; x marks exploration.
Cluster mining model promising steady-state advantage for Copper 360
13th September 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is the deployment of a cluster mining model, which... 


Gold rises to another record high ahead of expected Fed rate cut
Gold rises to another record high ahead of expected Fed rate cut
13th September 2024 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to another record high — after surging almost 2% to an all-time peak on Thursday — as the dollar extended declines ahead of a widely expected Federal Reserve rate cut next week. Bullion... 


First Quantum expects feasibility studies for Peru mine by 2028, manager says
13th September 2024 By: Reuters

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals expects updated drilling results for its Peru copper project La Granja in the second half of next year, and feasibility studies by 2028, project development... 


Vale expects research, innovation investments to top $400m in coming years
12th September 2024 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale expects to invest more than $400-million in research, development and innovation (RD&I) annually in the coming years, the firm's executive vice president of technical affairs... 


El Teniente
Codelco seals early union deals at El Teniente and Ministro Hales
12th September 2024 By: Reuters

Chile's state copper miner Codelco said on Wednesday it reached early contract agreements with unions at its major El Teniente complex, as well as the Ministro Hales division. Union negotiations... 


El Teniente copper mine
Copper output at Chile's Codelco slips nearly 11% in July
12th September 2024 By: Reuters

Copper output from Chilean state miner Codelco fell 10.7% in July from a year earlier, copper commission Cochilco said on Wednesday, as the world's largest copper company grapples to halt a decline... 


Pilbara CEO Dale Henderson
Pilbara eyes low-cost lithium with Latin Resources project in Brazil
12th September 2024 By: Reuters

Australian lithium miner Pilbara Minerals expects the planned Salinas Lithium Project in Brazil, which it is taking over through its acquisition of Latin Resources, to become a low cost operation... 


Peru copper output this year forecast below expectations, deputy minister says
Peru copper output this year forecast below expectations, deputy minister says
12th September 2024 By: Reuters

Copper production in Peru, the world's No. 3 producer of the key industrial metal, will likely fall short of a government goal of three-million metric tons this year, a top mining official said on... 


Jansen project, in Canada
BHP sees Brazil as major potash market for new project in Canada
11th September 2024 By: Reuters

Australian mining giant BHP expects Brazil to become one of the three largest markets for the major potash project it is developing in Canada, the company's local head told Reuters on Tuesday.... 


An image showing Kal Tire's TireSight display at Electra Mining Africa
Kal Tire driving mining sustainability in South Africa through innovation
11th September 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian-headquartered independent tyre dealer Kal Tire, through its Mining Tire Group, has invested considerably in innovation to provide mining customers with tools and offerings that can help... 


An image showing the Mogale Tailings Retreatment
Pan African’s full-year profits rise on higher production, sales and prices
11th September 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and Aim-listed Pan African Resources has proposed a dividend of 22c a share for approval at the company’s upcoming AGM for the financial year ended June 30, as operational enhancements and... 


Iron-ore tests floor as plunge to $90/t puts mines at risk
Iron-ore tests floor as plunge to $90/t puts mines at risk
11th September 2024 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore’s plunge is about to test the view that the steelmaking material can find solid price support at $90 a ton or more as high-cost mines are nudged out of the market. Futures in Singapore... 


Cobalt produced in the DRC
Net zero needs more metals, but less extraction from the earth
11th September 2024 By: Bloomberg

The mining industry is currently one of the most significant contributors to planet-warming emissions — but it's on track to become one of the most important sectors for a net-zero future. Annual... 


Galan raises capital for Argentina lithium project
Galan raises capital for Argentina lithium project
10th September 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Galan Lithium on Tuesday announced a A$25-million capital raising, which would complete funding requirements for its Argentina project. The capital raise, combined with a... 


GMIN to acquire Brazil project from BHP
GMIN to acquire Brazil project from BHP
10th September 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed G Mining Ventures (GMIN) on Monday announced an agreement to acquire tenements in the Gurupi gold belt, in Brazil, from BHP. This includes the CentroGold project, in Maranhão,... 


The Sukari openpit mine
AngloGold notes ‘enormous geological potential’ in Egypt as it moves to acquire Centamin
10th September 2024 By: Darren Parker

The boards of gold producers AngloGold Ashanti and Centamin have agreed to a transaction for AngloGold to acquire all shares in Centamin in exchange for 0.06983 of a new AngloGold share and $0.125... 


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