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ReElement Technologies secures anchor investment from Novare Holdings
Updated 6 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Nasdaq-listed American Resources Corporation has, through its holding in ReElement Technologies Corporation – a US innovator in rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral refining – secured a... 


Mintek, NRF form mining innovation partnership
30th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Mining research organisation Mintek and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have formed a partnership to foster innovation, scientific excellence and sustainable progress in South Africa’s... 


Tungsten West unveils restart plan for Hemerdon mine
Tungsten West unveils restart plan for Hemerdon mine
30th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

UK-based Tungsten West on Friday released a development and economic plan for the restart of the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine, in Devon, which could deliver over 20% of global primary tungsten... 


Tribunal approves ACP's buyout of DRA Global, with conditions
29th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved the proposed merger in which Apex Capital Partners (ACP) intends to acquire DRA Global. Upon implementation, ACP will gain sole control of DRA... 


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United Mining Services Group: Value driven solutions to the mining and mineral processing markets
28th May 2025

The United Mining Services Group (UMS Group) provides expertise that allows mining companies to access their most challenging ore bodies and extract minerals safely and efficiently.  


Queensland fast-tracks critical minerals test facility in Townsville
23rd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Construction has begun on a long-awaited critical minerals testing facility in Townsville, in northern Queensland, with the state’s new Liberal National Party (LNP) government claiming credit for... 


Nyrstar seeks government funding for antimony production
23rd May 2025 By: Reuters

Nyrstar, owned by global commodity trader Trafigura, could potentially produce the critical mineral antimony at its South Australian processing plant but would need government support to do so, CEO... 


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Diversification, innovative financing required for projects
23rd May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Amid the current challenges facing the global diamond market and the growing appetite to explore the potential of critical minerals, such as copper and cobalt, Canadian mining company Premium... 


Black Pine oxide gold project, US
Black Pine oxide gold project, US
23rd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project consists of three large deposits and several smaller deposits that are planned to be developed using conventional openpit mining methods over a 17-year life-of-mine. 


Electra backs Ontario’s C$500m critical minerals processing fund
Electra backs Ontario’s C$500m critical minerals processing fund
22nd May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Electra Battery Materials, which is focused on developing North America's only cobalt sulphate refinery, has welcomed the Ontario government’s C$500-million Critical Minerals Processing Fund,... 


Colliery Training College
Colliery Training College celebrates 60 years
9th May 2025

The Colliery Training College (CTC) has been a cornerstone of the South African skills development landscape since its establishment in 1965. For six decades, CTC has been renowned as a premier... 


Medallion and IGO strike revised Forrestania deal
5th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Medallion Metals has struck a revised deal with fellow-listed IGO to acquire full ownership of the Forrestania Nickel Operation’s (FNO's) gold rights and infrastructure, in a transaction... 


TMC seeks US approval for first commercial deep-sea mining project
TMC seeks US approval for first commercial deep-sea mining project
30th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Undersea explorer The Metals Company (TMC) has submitted the first-ever application for a commercial recovery permit to mine the deep ocean under the US seabed mining code. The application, filed... 


Mintek launches Grad Hackathon for scientists under 35 at Mintek-Sci
29th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

National mineral research council Mintek will host a Youth Grad Hackathon for young innovators, including university students, unemployed graduates and interns under 35 years of age at the Mintek... 


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Technology adoption shaping industry trajectory
25th April 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Amid the increased presence of AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in South Africa’s mining industry, technologies that are aimed at avoiding dirty, demanding and dangerous mining... 


PRISMA launches specialised operational readiness training at Angola's largest diamond mine
PRISMA launches specialised operational readiness training at Angola's largest diamond mine
14th April 2025

PRISMA, a fully MQA-accredited specialist training provider in the mining sector, is pleased to announce a new project with a leading South African engineering group specialising in the design and... 


Associate Professor Cristiana Ciobanu, Professor Nigel Cook and Dr Kathy Ehrig.
New mineral ehrigite named after BHP geologist
14th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP superintendent for geometallurgy, Dr Kathy Ehrig, honouring her decades-long... 


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Containerised lab enables faster testwork
11th April 2025

As its first deployment to Tanzania, a containerised Aachen testwork laboratory is being supplied to a mining client in the country by mineral processing technology company Maelgwyn Mineral... 


There’s a reason the A stands for Advanced in APC
There’s a reason the A stands for Advanced in APC
7th April 2025

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Today’s mineral processing companies face almost-universal challenges, efficiently managing resources and high... 


Glencore's Mount Isa operation
Glencore seeks Australian government bailout for local copper assets
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore said that it has approached both Queensland's and the Federal Government of Australia about the future of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townville copper... 


IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES
The Aachen High Shear Reactor technology results in improved gas use and other efficiencies
Processing efficiency boosted with regional expansion
4th April 2025

Gold recovery has been boosted and reagent consumption reduced through optimisation efforts by South African mineral processing and metallurgical testwork company Maelgwyn Mineral Services Africa... 


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Zinkgruvan mine, Sweden
4th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A zinc mine in south-central Sweden. 


DELIVERING RELIABILITY
ARMOUR mill liners from FLS deliver reliability and durability for all milling conditions
Expansion drives advanced solutions demand
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

The West African mining sector has developed significantly, particularly in gold production, over the past decade. Mining industry solutions provider FLS has played a key role in supporting this... 


The Morenci copper mine
An American mine still has millions of tons of copper, if companies can get to it
2nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Carved into a mountain range in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, where temperatures often reach 118F (48C), a vast mining complex more than a century old is on the front lines of a race to unlock millions... 


Namibia holds talks with Russia over nuclear energy partnership
2nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah held talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev seeking to boost cooperation on nuclear energy in Africa’s biggest uranium producer.... 


AECI to dispose of ImproChem Public Water division, finalises Much Asphalt sale
31st March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed chemicals group AECI will dispose of its wholly-owned water and process solutions subsidiary ImproChem Public Water business to a South African majority black-owned special purpose... 


Michael Budynkiewicz, group human resources executive at Multotec
Michael Budynkiewicz
28th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Michael Budynkiewicz, group human resources executive at Multotec, a manufacturer of mineral processing equipment 


Aljustrel mine, Portugal/Spain
28th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A base metals mine in the Iberian pyritous range – between the south of the lower Alentejo, in Portugal, and Andalusia, in Spain. 


Rio Silver acquires high-grade silver project in Peru
26th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals company Rio Silver has secured a foothold in one of Peru’s most prolific mining regions with the acquisition of the Minas Maria Norte project, a high-grade polymetallic silver... 


Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor.
Beneficiation: Govt, mining companies must get on with it – together, analyst urges
20th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to... 


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Oriole reports encouraging gold intersections from drilling programme in Cameroon
17th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Oriole Resources says the results from Phase 5 drilling at its 90%-owned Bibemi gold project, in Cameroon, have successfully demonstrated that the mineralisation continues between the... 


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Black Pine oxide gold project, US – update
14th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Liberty Gold has reached key permitting milestones for its project. 


TOMRA Mining’s Test Centers: unlocking the potential of sensor-based ore sorting
TOMRA Mining’s Test Centers: unlocking the potential of sensor-based ore sorting
11th March 2025

TOMRA Mining’s global network of Test Centers provides mining companies with a vital resource to make informed decisions about sensor-based ore sorting. By testing material samples under real-world... 


Western acquires new processing infrastructure near Sunday Mine complex
27th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-focused Western Uranium and Vanadium on Wednesday reported that it had acquired new mineral processing infrastructure, located about 40 km from its Sunday Mine complex in Colorado. The company... 


An image of Servaas Kranhold
Sector performance predicated on successful energy adaptation
21st February 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

While mining companies in South Africa are increasingly setting ambitious carbon net zero targets, translating these into tangible actions is a long-term challenge, highlights global professional... 


Image of Okiep underground
Okiep Copper Project, South Africa – update
21st February 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The suspensive conditions to transactions between Orion Minerals’ New Okiep Exploration Company and New Okiep Mining Company, and historically disadvantaged South Africans, have been met. 


Faan Bornman, Technology Manager – Processing Equipment, Multotec
Multotec opens test work and showroom facility, available to local and global clients
20th February 2025

( Virtual Showroom ) Multotec is proud to announce that it has opened its consolidated research and development and test work facility, designed to improve process flow to efficiently serve the... 


Indonesian parliament set to vote on amendment to mining law
18th February 2025 By: Reuters

Indonesia's parliament is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to revise the country's mining law to boost development of domestic mineral processing industries and regulate mining permits for... 


tailings dam
Metso, UCT team’s tailings management solution wins first prize at mining innovation contest
17th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

The cross-disciplinary team of mineral processing technology company Metso and the University of Cape Town (UCT) took first place in the Mining Innovation and Research Battlefield competition held... 


Kilifi plant modifications to be completed this quarter, Marula says
14th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

Modifications to AQSE- and A2X-listed Marula Mining’s Kilifi manganese processing plant, in Kenya, remain on schedule to be completed in the first quarter, the company said on February 14. The work... 


Resources Minister Madeleine King
Australia passes critical minerals tax incentives to boost local processing
12th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia has passed landmark legislation introducing production tax incentives for critical minerals and renewable hydrogen, a move aimed at strengthening domestic processing capabilities and... 


Flashback to President Cyril Ramaphosa during South Africa's hosting of the BRICS Summit.
Could BRICS Plus play a new-era role in aiding Africa's strong beneficiation aspirations?
10th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Collectively, Africa’s critical mineral resources are attractively expansive. Could BRICS Plus potentially become a widespread new-era platform for distinctive mining and metals collaboration and... 


Production tax incentives boosts Australia’s downstream processing ambitions – CME
10th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA (CME) has welcomed the passage of the Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits) Bill, which enacts support for critical minerals processing and... 


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