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The world's biggest listed miner BHP Group considered spinning off its Australian iron-ore and coal divisions as part of a medium-term growth strategy, three sources with knowledge of the matter...
Norges Bank Investment Management will vote against a resolution for mining major Rio Tinto to review its two listings in London and Sydney, the website for Norway's sovereign wealth fund showed....
Australia boosted its forecast for income from commodity exports for this year, but maintained its outlook for drops to continue until the end of this decade as lower global demand pushes prices...
Rio Tinto Group has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, in the latest sign of the miner’s enthusiasm for the...
The South African mining industry is not on its last legs, Manganese Metal Company chairperson and Zimplats and Impala Platinum nonexecutive director Bernard Swanepoel has insisted. Speaking at the...
Vesconite Bearings continues to supply cup liners and flat liners to the acclaimed South African Sishen Saldanha heavy-haul railway line, which uses these parts in the centre bowls of the bogie...
Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company has reported that it has entered into subscriptions totalling $21.51-million of gross proceeds at a price of $0.052, about 4.10p, per ordinary share. This is the...
ASX-listed Magnetite Mines has lodged a detailed mining lease proposal (MLP) with the South Australian government for its flagship Razorback iron-ore project. The project, located 240 km northeast...
Iron-ore swung between gains and losses on market uncertainty around steel output cuts and as industry stalwart Andrew Forrest expressed hope that China is serious about supporting its economy....
Australia's Magmatic Resources has identified a potential new copper/gold discovery at the Myall project in New South Wales, where it is conducting a farm-in and joint venture exploration programme...
Western Australia-focused Fenix Resources has awarded a mining contract to MACA, a subsidiary of Thiess Group, for the development of its Beebyn-W11 iron-ore mine. The contract covers drill and...
Diversified miner Mineral Resources (MinRes) has resumed haulage operations on the Onslow Iron dedicated haul road after reaching an agreement with WorkSafe WA on safety controls and risk...
Chinese steelmaker HBIS group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with iron-ore mining giant Vale to promote decarbonisation in the steel value chain, both companies said on Thursday. Both...
Mining major Rio Tinto on Wednesday backed its dual-listed structure and asked shareholders to vote against London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital's resolution to review the firm's two listings...
The share price of Western Australian miner Mineral Resources (MinRes) fell on Wednesday, after the company reported a crash on its Onslow iron-ore haul road. MinRes said authorities have closed...
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology on March 13 hosted a media tour to demonstrate its Kumba Mining Virtual Reality Centre,...
Anglo American is planning more job cuts at its corporate office, as it restructures its business by selling assets and spinning off its platinum unit. The company has sent notices to employees who...
US President Donald Trump’s recently published trade policy agenda leaves absolutely no room for nuance. Not even the tiniest crack has been left to allow light to be shed on the possible...
Statistics South Africa reports that mining production decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in January, with the largest negative contributors having been iron-ore, platinum group metals (PGM) and coal....
Australia's Western Mine Workers Alliance (WMWA) said on Thursday that more than 400 workers at Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron-ore mine in Pilbara region have signed a petition to support collective...
The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal (PGM) grades, lower unit costs, enhance safety, and streamline downstream materials handling,...
A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara. The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining...
The growing global demand for critical minerals could be a boon for Brazil, but the strict licensing process is holding back development, says the country’s former environmental chief who now heads...
London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital released on Monday a letter addressed to the chair of global iron ore miner Rio Tinto, urging further steps toward unifying its dual-listed structure...
Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that platinum group metal (PGM) prices will increase in the...
JSE-listed Exxaro Resources has warned shareholders that its headline earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2024, are expected to have decreased by between 30% and 44% year-on-year to...
China's iron-ore imports in the first two months of 2025 fell by 8.4% from the same period a year earlier, curbed by weather-related supply disruption in major producer Australia. The world's...
The board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has declared an interim dividend of R4.50 a share amounting to R1 011-million for the half-year of financial year (FY) 2025, the Johannesburg Stock...
Iron-ore major Rio Tinto is investigating the potential for extracting and valorising gallium.
ASX-listed Lodestar Minerals has expanded its exploration footprint at the Darwin iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) project in northern Chile, applying for an additional 3 200 ha of exploration...
Diversified mining major Rio Tinto has officially completed its $6.7-billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium. The deal, sanctioned by the Royal Court of Jersey on Wednesday, integrates Arcadium...
Diversified mining major Rio Tinto on Thursday committed to the $1.8-billion development of the Brockman Syncline 1 project (BS1) in the Pilbara, extending the life of the Brockman region and...
ASX-listed Mineral Resources (MinRes) has had its credit rating downgraded by Fitch Ratings to BB- from BB, with a negative outlook, the company announced on Wednesday. The downgrade aligns Fitch’s...
China will push the country’s steel industry to cut output, in an attempt to ease a massive glut and restore profitability at mills. Authorities will promote industry restructuring to reduce...
Canadian miner Teck has been developing plans to sell zinc to Asia instead of the US to circumvent tariffs from President Donald Trump's administration on Canadian imports, CEO Jonathan Price on...
BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery has warned that Australia’s competitive edge in the resources sector is at risk without sustained investment in productivity, energy, and labour policies....
London-listed diversified miner Kavango Resources has successfully completed an initial resource drilling programme at the Prospect 3 target on the Hillside gold project, in Zimbabwe. The...
Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company has announced an equity fundraise for gross proceeds of $21.5-million, with the potential to upsize to $23-million, conducted by way of subscriptions to a group...
Rio Tinto said on Monday that its iron ore export facility in Western Australia's Dampier port resumed operations after being offline for over five weeks due to flooding from tropical cyclones. "A...
As the global mining community prepares to assemble at the SME Denver and PDAC conventions in the coming weeks, MacLean Engineering (“MacLean”) is announcing the establishment of a Surface Mining...
A preafeasibility on the project is expected to be completed this year.
By: Dr Gargi Mishra - Organizing Committee Member GMG-SAIMM Johannesburg Forum, Mining Innovation Thought leader ( Virtual Showroom ) The global mining industry is navigating a landscape shaped by...
Mining giant Rio Tinto has successfully completed its first renewable diesel trial across its Pilbara iron-ore operations, marking a milestone in its efforts to cut emissions and integrate...
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