The Democratic Republic of Congo has pledged to uphold cobalt export quotas allocated to miners for 2025 despite months of delays under new rules, its mining regulator has said, as a pilot shipment... 

Following the recent approval of private access to State-owned freight company Transnet’s freight rail network and the allocation of 41 routes to 11 train operating companies (TOCs), the country is... 

The road will provide vital surface transportation for more than 1 700 mining claims in the area, supporting further mineral exploration and mine development. 

Greenland has issued a 30-year exploitation licence to GreenRoc Mining for the Amitsoq graphite deposit. 

Governments and producers worldwide are reassessing waste streams as strategic assets capable of delivering meaningful metal supply with far lower environmental impact, as declining ore quality and... 

The Australian government on Thursday released its first package of offshore oil and gas acreage for bidding since 2022. All five areas are in the Otway Basin offshore Victoria state in... 

Australia-headquartered Prairie Lithium has secured a binding offtake heads of agreement with Korean group Hydro Lithium, paving the way for the company to sell all output from its Phase 1... 

Mineral sands miner Tronox has secured conditional and nonbinding expressions of support from the export credit agencies of the US and Australia for potential financing of up to $600-million to... 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $10-million loan to support the development of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy's $10-billion green ammonia project, in Namibia. The loan, sourced from the... 

By: Anton Fester - Managing Director, Sedna Africa Following the recently held G20, one message must rise above the noise: Africa is not a passive participant in the global economy — it is a... 

Glencore has become the first miner to export cobalt under Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) new quotas, sending a small initial shipment to test the system, one government source and two... 

Smackover Lithium, a joint venture between Standard Lithium and Equinor, said on Tuesday it had attracted more than $1-billion in financing interest for its Arkansas lithium project. Three export... 

Greenland has issued a 30-year exploitation licence to London-listed GreenRoc Mining for the Amitsoq graphite deposit, marking the third such permit granted by the Arctic island's government this... 

Coal’s place in the global energy system is shifting, but the story has been anything but a straight line.
Creamer Media’s ‘Coal 2025: The shifts reshaping coal’ report traces the value chain... 

Prices of cobalt hydroxide used to make chemicals for electric vehicle (EV) batteries have risen sharply this year due to cobalt export restrictions from top producer Democratic Republic of Congo,... 

JSE-listed Thungela says it is confident that it will achieve about 13.7-million tonnes of export saleable production for the financial year to end December 31 – exceeding its guidance range of... 

BMI – A Fitch Solutions company – says it holds a cautiously optimistic outlook for most metals next year, expecting most mineral and metal prices to edge higher, supported by declining tariff... 

Eskom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samancor Chrome and the Glencore–Merafe Chrome Venture in a bid to finalise an electricity tariff solution that prevents the closure of... 

South Africa’s globally acknowledged Afromix offers a wide range of mixers and agitators, as well as specialised industrial peristaltic pumps from 5 mm all the way to the world’s largest 200 mm... 

Congo has set new conditions for cobalt exporters, according to a government circular reviewed by Reuters, potentially complicating a recently introduced quota system as the country seeks to keep a... 

Diversified resources company Mineral Resources (MinRes) has officially broken ground at its Lamb Creek iron-ore project in the Pilbara after securing all required regulatory approvals. Lamb Creek... 

South African private equity firms and lenders will invest $600-million in debt and equity on a dry port in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ease congestion on one of Africa’s busiest mineral... 

The EU should have taken action on rare earths 10 years ago, the boss of Swedish miner Boliden said on Friday, commenting on the European Commission's plan to fast-track three-billion euros... 

Washington must move even faster to bolster critical minerals projects and offset Beijing's grip on the world's supply of the building blocks for electronics, weapons and a range of other goods,... 

Arafura Resources has confirmed that its export-credit partner Export Development Canada has extended credit approval for its existing senior debt facility, a critical piece in the funding stack... 

Minbos Resources has announced a shift in its development strategy. 

Amid the global automotive industry's profound shift towards electric mobility and digital manufacturing, South Africa’s component sector is at a crossroads, with industry association National... 

Despite being a surplus-sugar-producing country, South Africa is facing an escalating import crisis that poses “a serious threat” to the industry’ competitiveness and long-term sustainability, says... 

Following a combination of economic, environmental and strategic imperatives, research organisation the Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC (SMRI) has created the Sugarcane Bioeconomy Unit (SBU)... 

Through its rare earths Steenkampskraal project, in Western Cape, rare earths miner Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine (SMM) aims to progressively increase local beneficiation, skills development and... 

For a new Namibian independent power producer (IPP) or supplier working through Modified Single Buyer (MSB) registration and then stepping into Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) trading,... 

Leveraging phosphogypsum waste residue, rare earth element producer Rainbow Rare Earths’ Phalaborwa rare earths project, in Limpopo, aims to support the development of a diversified global supply... 

The hydrogen sector may have been in a hype cycle for the last few years, but the fundamentals around the global energy market have not changed – the need for clean and localised energy and a just... 

The European Commission has adopted its RESourceEU Action Plan – a package of policy and financing measures aimed at reducing the bloc’s dependence on external suppliers of critical raw materials... 

Vulcan Energy Resources said on Wednesday it had secured a financing package of €2.2-billion that would allow it to begin construction at its Lionheart lithium and renewable energy project in... 

Mali has recovered 761-billion CFA francs ($1.2-billion) in arrears from mining companies following a sweeping audit, its finance minister said, marking one of the country’s biggest clawbacks from... 

Ahead of closing the 2025 financial year on December 31, diversified mining and energy group Exxaro Resources says the year was marred with shifting global trade dynamics, inflationary pressures,... 

Pan-African infrastructure and industrial development bank, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced the achievement of financial close of the $330-million Senior Debt Financing facility... 

Chrome ore producers, including primary miners and those generating chrome ore from their platinum group metals mines and integrated producers, which mine chrome ore and produce ferrochrome,... 

The Mozambique Mining and Energy Conference & Exhibition (MMEC 2026) will open with a high-level roundtable discussion titled “Partnerships for Transformation: Harnessing Natural Resources for... 

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources, which owns the Xaudum iron project (XIF), in Botswana, has pledged to continue its research collaboration with the Department of Chemical, Materials and... 

ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has confirmed that its export-credit partner Export Development Canada (EDC) has extended credit approval for its existing $300-million senior debt facility, a...