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Ecuador court to decide on fee that mining industry says imperils drilling
11th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Ecuador’s government and its fledgling mining industry are heading into a legal battle over a controversial fee announced last month. The industry sees the measure as a tax that will stymie... 


Gold nuggets
Aton uncovers more gold, silver and base metal mineralisation in Egypt
10th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Aton Resources has completed a 113-hole diamond drilling programme on the Abu Marawat deposit, in Egypt The 9 642 m programme aimed to test near-surface mineralisation in an area of... 


ICMM president and CEO Rohitesh Dhawan
ICMM reports third consecutive year of increased fatalities among member companies
10th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

A total of 42 people employed by mining and metals advocacy group ICMM company members lost their lives at work in 2024. This compares with 36 in 2023 and 33 in 2022.  “No one should have to risk... 


Southern Palladium MD Johan Odendaal.
Big cost-cut uplift for major Limpopo platinum group metals project
10th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Limpopo province has received a major uplift through a staged development plan that cuts upfront capital costs by 38%. Staged... 


Copper
Chile to drive global copper mine output growth of 2.5% this year – BMI
10th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Research agency BMI expects global copper mine output to grow by 2.5% year-on-year for 2025, supported by recovering production in Chile and an ongoing ramp-up of the Oyu Tolgoi mine, in Mongolia.... 


Silver investment surges as geopolitical risks, price expectations drive 2025 rally
Silver investment surges as geopolitical risks, price expectations drive 2025 rally
10th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Silver is emerging as one of 2025’s top-performing precious metals, with investment inflows accelerating sharply on the back of rising geopolitical risk, inflationary concerns and a strong price... 


Copper squeeze unravels with window closing to beat Trump tariff
9th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

An acute copper supply squeeze is coming to an abrupt end as President Donald Trump’s plan to soon slap a 50% tariff on the metal narrows the window to profit from surging US prices. Key spreads on... 


AngloGold exits stake in G2 Goldfields
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

AngloGold Ashanti, one of the world’s leading gold producers, has fully exited its investment in TSX-listed G2 Goldfields, selling its entire holding of 35 948 965 common shares in a market... 


South Africa’s Shanghai Consul General Phuti Tsipa.
South Africa’s platinum metals, China’s green revolution merging strongly in Shanghai
9th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) and China’s green revolution have come together strongly in Shanghai at a hugely opportune time of changing global trading relationships and energy... 


Vik Bansal
Orica appoints Vik Bansal chairperson elect
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed mining and infrastructure solutions provider Orica has appointed Vik Bansal nonexecutive director, with effect from August 15, and chairperson elect. He will succeed outgoing chairperson... 


Endeavour Silver delivers 2.5Moz silver-equivalent
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NYSE- and TSX-listed Endeavour Silver has reported second-quarter production of 1.48-million ounces of silver and 7 755 oz of gold, totaling 2.53-million silver equivalent ounces, as the company... 


An image depicting a platinum ring
Global platinum jewellery market rebounds amid surging demand in China, resilience in key markets
9th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Platinum Guild International (PGI), a worldwide marketing organisation dedicated to creating, expanding and strengthening consumer and trade markets for platinum jewellery, has shared findings from... 


Smelter mishap stokes shutdown push at top copper miner Codelco
Smelter mishap stokes shutdown push at top copper miner Codelco
9th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

A recent mishap at a century-old copper smelter owned by Codelco is stoking debate over the pros and cons of shutting it down as a global smelting glut puts pressure on old, high-cost plants. Some... 


Codelco chairperson Maximo Pacheco
World's top copper producer Chile in wait-and-see mode after Trump tariff bombshell
9th July 2025 By: Reuters

Chile, the world's No. 1 copper producer, is in wait-and-see mode after US President Donald Trump announced a surprise 50% tariff on imports of the red metal, with the Andean nation blindsided... 


gold and silver ingots
Central banks support gold; silver ETFs surge; platinum faces cost and trade challenges – report
8th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Central banks continue to underpin gold demand, while investors are seeing value in silver as well, precious metals trader Heraeus said in its latest precious metals appraisal published on July 7.... 


Dundee awarded enviro licence for Loma Larga
8th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Dundee Precious Metals (DPM)has been granted an environmental licence for exploitation for the Loma Larga project, in Ecuador, paving the way for the company to prepare for formal... 


Nornickel's Palladium Center Head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa’s palladium can cut South Africa’s water treatment costs, researchers show
8th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The message Nornickel's Palladium Center head Dmitry Izotov communicated strongly at South Africa’s PGM Industry Day in Johannesburg in April was that research is pointing to a long list of... 


A coal-fired power station
Banks plough billions into coal ‘as if Glasgow never happened’
8th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Global banks channeled more than $385-billion to the coal power industry over the past three years, with annual flows increasing last year from 2023, according to analysis by a group of nonprofits.... 


Copper ore
Third of chip production could face copper supply disruptions by 2035, PwC report says
8th July 2025 By: Reuters

Some 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling from today's levels, advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said in... 


Neodymium magnet powder
Mkango subsidiary achieves first commercial-scale rare earth powder production from scrap
7th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Toronto- and London-listed Mkango Resources has successfully conducted first production runs for commercial-scale hydrogen processing of magnet scrap (HPMS) as part of a trial process at the... 


Sebastiaan Surie of CFM (left), South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) and Hive Hydrogen chairperson Thulani Gcabashe at the Green Hydrogen Summit.
Hive Hydrogen requests proposals for $5.8bn Coega Green Ammonia Project
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The final stage of development for the Coega Green Ammonia Project at Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape commenced today with the release of the request for proposals (RfPs) to 15 shortlisted... 


South32 to sell Cerro Matoso amid nickel market shifts
South32 to sell Cerro Matoso amid nickel market shifts
7th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified mining company South32 on Monday announced a binding agreement to divest its Cerro Matoso operation to a subsidiary of CoreX Holding, as part of a strategic response to structural... 


Newmont to fire at least 10% of staff at Suriname's Merian mine
Newmont to fire at least 10% of staff at Suriname's Merian mine
7th July 2025 By: Reuters

Newmont, the world's largest listed gold miner, announced on Friday that it would lay off 10% to 15% of its workforce at its Merian mine in Suriname, citing production declines. "Since 2021, gold... 


Shanghai Platinum Week under way.
China’s ‘strategic metal’ in sharp focus as Shanghai Platinum Week gets under way
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy... 


Iron-ore loaded onto a ship
Iron-ore gets second weekly boost on hopes of supply-side reform
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore headed toward the highest close since May as China’s renewed focus on supply-side reform lifted expectations for the country’s steel market. Futures of the steel-making ingredient were on... 


gold nuggets
Sanatana to change name after acquiring new gold prospects
4th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed copper and gold developer Sanatana Resources will acquire the Gold Strike One project, in Yukon, Canada, as well as the Abitibi property, in Quebec. The proposed acquisition... 


Australian Mines secures earn-in rights to Brazilian project
4th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Australian Mines has entered into a legally binding term sheet with Cabral Resources, a subsidiary of TSX-listed GoldMining and Majestic D&M, to earn-into the Boa Vista gold project in... 


Platinum prices at a ten-year high.
Rising platinum price unlikely to dampen demand, World Platinum points out
4th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The rising platinum price is unlikely to dampen demand or stimulate additional supply, meaning that forecast market shortfalls are here to stay, says the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).... 


Lithium ore
Bolivian congress brawls over China, Russia lithium deals
4th July 2025 By: Reuters

Bolivia's energy minister was doused with water and pelted with garbage on Thursday as chaos erupted in congress during a debate on controversial lithium contracts with Chinese and Russian firms... 


A truck transporting copper
Copper snags in Peru highlight rising clout of informal miners
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Copper transport disruptions this week in Peru underscore the growing impact of informal mining on global mining corporations that operate in the Andean nation. Frustrated by regulatory... 


Gold bars being stacked
Gold set for weekly gain as investors weigh rates, trade impact
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold remained on track for a weekly gain despite falling on Thursday, as investors weighed lower odds for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts as well as lingering concerns about the outlook for... 


Minerals Budget Vote 2025 under way in Parliament.
Hazardous, illegal mine openings shut, rehabilitation sharpened, Parliament hears
3rd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s derelict and ownerless mine rehabilitation programme has gone beyond rehabilitation to include the closure of hazardous old shaft openings as well as apertures created by illegal... 


An iron-ore mine owned by Vale
Vale cuts forecast for iron-ore agglomerates output amid market weakness
2nd July 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale on Wednesday lowered its forecast for iron ore agglomerates production in 2025, as the pellet market struggles with oversupply concerns and reduced demand for high-quality... 


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