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Mount Gibson chair says safety trumps production, focus shifts to gold
Mount Gibson chair says safety trumps production, focus shifts to gold
12th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore miner Mount Gibson chairperson Brett Smith has vowed that safety will remain the company’s top priority following last month’s rockfall at the Koolan Island iron-ore mine, in Western... 


Iron-ore gains as China stimulus hopes dominate
12th November 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures gained on Wednesday, as hopes of fresh stimulus from top consumer China outweighed concerns over a gloomy outlook stemming from growing supply and diminishing demand. The... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Godongwana outlines plans for shifting spending focus towards infrastructure
12th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has outlined several initiatives being undertaken to finally begin shifting the composition of government spending from consumption to capital investment,... 


Barrick Africa region delivers largest gold production rise.
Africa delivers largest production increase of all Barrick regions with earnings up 65%
11th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the Africa region of Barrick Mining Corporation delivered the largest quarter-on-quarter increase of all the Barrick regions. Moreover, the costs of the Africa... 


Teck chair calls Anglo deal 'absolute best path forward'
Teck chair calls Anglo deal 'absolute best path forward'
11th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper-focused Teck Resources has filed its meeting materials ahead of a special shareholder meeting on December 9 to approve a merger with Anglo American, creating a new global mining leader... 


Iron-ore pellets
Guinea to fast-track alumina, iron-ore processing, mines minister says
11th November 2025 By: Reuters

Guinea will fast-track the development of alumina refineries and iron-ore pellet plants to end decades of raw ore exports, its mines minister told reporters, as the country prepares for the first... 


Vale CEO Gustavo Pimenta
Vale gearing up to meet Indian demand as China steel output stagnates, CEO says
11th November 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale is preparing to meet rising iron ore demand from India, which could double its steel production by the end of the decade, CEO Gustavo Pimenta told Reuters. Rising sales to... 


Image of iron-ore bucket excavator
Kon Kweni iron-ore project, Liberia/Guinea/Sierra Leone/Côte d’Ivoire
7th November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Kon Kweni offers one of the highest-grade undeveloped iron-ore deposits in the world. 


Assmang's Beeshoek mine
Assmang places Beeshoek mine on care and maintenance as AMSA halts offtake
5th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Assmang, which is jointly owned by African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Assore South Africa, has decided to place its Beeshoek iron-ore mine, in the Northern Cape, on care and maintenance, with about... 


Mineral Processing Technologies Earn Entrepreneur SA's Innovator of the Year® Award
5th November 2025

Mining is one of South Africa's biggest contributors to economic growth, yet it leaves deep environmental scars. Entrepreneur Tebogo Kale is proving that these two realities don't have to be at... 


China’s massive African mine threatens to upend the iron-ore market
China’s massive African mine threatens to upend the iron-ore market
3rd November 2025 By: Bloomberg

In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked for six hours through the Guinea Highlands, a densely forested plateau that spreads across four... 


Vale likely to announce extraordinary dividends soon, CFO says
Vale likely to announce extraordinary dividends soon, CFO says
3rd November 2025 By: Reuters

Vale is likely to announce extraordinary dividends in the coming months, CFO Marcelo Bacci said during a call with analysts on Friday, following the release of the Brazilian miner's third-quarter... 


Newmont CEO Tom Palmer
Newmont CEO says Ghana's fiscal stability key as $900m gold mine opens
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Fiscal stability and fair tax and royalty systems are vital if countries want to attract mining investment, Newmont CEO Tom Palmer told Reuters as the company opened its $900-million Ahafo North... 


Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Rio Tinto CEO Trott steps up push to streamline sprawling miner
31st October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group’s new boss has told staff that plans to focus the miner’s sprawling corporate structure on its most profitable metals will be a blueprint for a “sharper, simpler” operation, though... 


Vale posts net profit beat, cuts cost outlook for copper, nickel
Vale posts net profit beat, cuts cost outlook for copper, nickel
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore miners, posted on Thursday a third-quarter net profit that landed above analysts' estimates, while also cutting its full-year cost projections for copper... 


Image of iron pellets from Iron Bear project
Iron Bear iron-ore project, Canada – update
31st October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Cyclone Metals has received the third tranche of funding from Vale for the ongoing development of the project. 


China lifts partial ban on iron-ore buys from Australia's Hancock, sources say
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

China's state buyer has allowed its steel mills to resume buying a type of iron-ore from Australia's Hancock Prospecting after barring such sales during a year-plus negotiation dispute, three... 


Drill cores
Mali revokes over 90 mining exploration permits for noncompliance
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

Mali has revoked more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those held by subsidiaries of international mining companies, according to an official decree seen by Reuters. Companies affected... 


 	Ntsiki Adonisi, Rachel Dagadu, Zinzi Lawrence, Amarachukwu Odo, and Chimwemwe Tembo-Shula.
South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis
30th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 


An iron-ore mine in Liberia
Liberia replaces mines minister amid talks on US investments
29th October 2025 By: Reuters

Liberia has replaced its mining minister and top mining regulator, the office of President Joseph Boakai announced, as the West African nation and iron ore producer pursues talks with Washington on... 


Kumba CE Mpumi Zikalala
Kumba on track to meet full-year waste mining, production guidance
28th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South African iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore, which operates two mines in the Northern Cape, says it is on track to deliver on its full-year waste mining and production guidance of between... 


Anglo's Minas-Rio mine
Anglo reports solid third-quarter performance, lifts full-year output guidance for Minas-Rio
28th October 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Diviersfied miner Anglo American, which is set to merge with Teck Resources, has achieved a "solid quarter in copper and iron-ore", CEO Duncan Wanblad says, adding that the group is well positioned... 


Kon Kweni construction edges closer as Ivanhoe Atlantic files cross-border ESIAs
27th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based mining company Ivanhoe Atlantic has completed environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) and submitted permit applications to the relevant authorities in Guinea and Liberia,... 


South Africa well represented at record-setting underground marathon
South Africa well represented at record-setting underground marathon
27th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Five South African mining professionals were among 55 runners from 18 countries who made history this weekend by completing the World’s Deepest Marathon, held 1 120 m below the surface in Boliden’s... 


An image of Kumba Iron Ore's lactation room launch
Maternity PPE provides full protection
24th October 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Engineered to provide full protection and comfort throughout pregnancy, iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore’s maternity personal protective equipment (PPE) initiative combines safety compliance with... 


Image of iron-ore stockpile
Zanaga iron-ore project, Congo-Brazzaville
24th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Zanaga Iron Ore Company has confirmed the project's strong viability.  


Image of iron-ore train loaded
Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea
24th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

SimFer – one of the two mines at Simandou – has amassed 1.5-million tons of ore, with first ore loaded on rail in October. 


Optimum Investment Group economic advisor Dr Roelof Botha
Economist says Minerals Council better placed than DMPR to handle mining oversight
23rd October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Optimum Investment Group economic adviser Dr Roelof Botha has called for South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) to be scrapped, proposing instead that the Minerals... 


Fortescue's Q1 iron-ore shipments rise, maintains fiscal 2026 outlook
Fortescue's Q1 iron-ore shipments rise, maintains fiscal 2026 outlook
23rd October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Fortescue posted a 4.2% rise in first-quarter iron-ore shipments on Thursday as the firm logged a record for first-quarter production on the back of higher hematite shipments. Its... 


Transnet Freight Rail's iron-ore rail line
Transnet plans R127bn infrastructure upgrades
22nd October 2025 By: Reuters

State-owned freight and logistics company Transnet plans to invest R127-billion over five years in modernizing rail lines and upgrading ports, its CE Michelle Phillips said on Tuesday. Transnet... 


Rio Tinto weighs asset-for-equity swap with Chinalco to end governance gridlock, sources say
Rio Tinto weighs asset-for-equity swap with Chinalco to end governance gridlock, sources say
22nd October 2025 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto is exploring a potential asset-for-equity swap with Chinalco that would trim the Chinese investor's 11% stake, freeing up Rio to resume buybacks and pursue new strategic deals, three... 


Australian mining magnet Gina Rinehart
Saudi Arabia lures Macquarie, Rinehart in courtship of Australia
22nd October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia is ramping up efforts to deepen ties with Australia — a country with which it has traditionally done limited business — as the kingdom seeks to capitalise on fresh momentum from deals... 


Vale sees 2025 iron-ore output at top range after strongest quarter since 2018
Vale sees 2025 iron-ore output at top range after strongest quarter since 2018
22nd October 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale reported on Tuesday its highest quarterly iron-ore production since 2018, and said it is on track to reach the upper band of its 2025 production target for its three main... 


Cleveland-Cliffs exploring rare earth potential at US mine sites
21st October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US iron-ore and steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs is investigating the potential for rare-earth element (REE) mineralisation at two of its upstream mining sites, as part of a strategy to align with... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
BHP starts FY strong as copper and iron-ore output lift in tightening markets
21st October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Commodities giant BHP has made what CEO Mike Henry described as “a strong start to the year”, with solid operational performance and record output from key assets underpinning a constructive... 


The Simandou project area
Rio Tinto ramps up Simandou stockpiles to 2Mt for first shipment
17th October 2025 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto has stockpiled two-million metric tons of high-grade iron ore at its Simandou project in Guinea for a mid-November shipment, three sources told Reuters, which would be the first from the... 


BHP's China Jimblebar iron-ore stocks rise as trade stalls amid contract talks, sources say
BHP's China Jimblebar iron-ore stocks rise as trade stalls amid contract talks, sources say
17th October 2025 By: Reuters

Stocks of a type of iron-ore supplied by BHP are piling up at major Chinese ports to the highest levels in three months, with trade stalled as the miner remained in talks with China's state-run... 


Image of Chile map/flag
Santo Domingo copper/iron/gold project, Chile – update
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Capstone Copper has struck a binding agreement with Orion Resource Partners, under which Orion will acquire a 25% interest in a Capstone subsidiary that owns the Santo Domingo project and the... 


Alchemy strikes 'game-changing deal' with Newcam on Bryah iron-ore projects
Alchemy strikes 'game-changing deal' with Newcam on Bryah iron-ore projects
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Alchemy Resources has signed a binding option agreement with private miner Newcam Minerals that could see the experienced Western Australian iron-ore producer earn up to a 60% stake in... 


Mark Evans is a partner at the strategic management consultancy firm Oliver Wyman
The central role of South Africa’s rail network
16th October 2025

Transnet is too important to fail — and faces challenges the state cannot resolve on its own, so private partners must play a central role. Public-private partnerships are the only route to... 


Iron Road says developers must take long-term view
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration and development company Iron Road said on Thursday that investors and potential partners in large-scale magnetite developments would need to take a long-term view amid subdued global... 


 	Fenix executive chairperson John Welborn
Fenix posts record shipments, maintains FY26 guidance
16th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian iron-ore producer Fenix Resources on Thursday reported record shipments and maintained its full-year 2026 guidance as its integrated pit-to-port operations continued to perform strongly... 


LSF CEO Irshaad Kathrada
LSF confident in building economic case for VRFB manufacturing in South Africa
15th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After commissioning energy consultancy Customised Energy Solutions (CES) to determine the potential for a commercial vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) value chain in South Africa, the Localisation... 


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