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Guinea moves to cancel mining rights of non-compliant companies
9th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Guinea’s transitional President General Mamadi Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits and concessions from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the... 


Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal mine
Sibanye-Stillwater reports positive earnings increases for the first quarter
9th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater has reported an 89% year-on-year increase in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to... 


An image of surface water (river) sampling at Impala's Marula operations
Platinum miner focuses on water stewardship
9th May 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Several projects to mitigate water-related risks and improve long-term water security have been implemented at platinum group metals producer Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) operations. These projects... 


Rio Tinto plans to build a demonstration plant at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec.
Rio Tinto and Indium extract first gallium from Canadian alumina operations
7th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified major Rio Tinto and partner Indium have successfully extracted the first primary gallium from bauxite processed at the Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec as part of a research and... 


Suncor reports first-quarter profit beat on refining strength
7th May 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy reported first-quarter profit above analysts' expectations on Tuesday, as it benefited from greater refinery production and sales volumes. The upbeat results... 


Albemarle CEO says 'math doesn't work' for US lithium refinery project
2nd May 2025 By: Reuters

Albemarle's stalled plans to build the largest US lithium refinery remain on hold due to the ongoing global glut of the battery metal that has dragged down market prices, the company's CEO told... 


Image of periodic table symbol for lithium
Bécancour lithium carbonate refinery, Canada
2nd May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A definitive feasibility study has shown the project to be robust, even in a low pricing environment.  


The San Ciprián alumina plant
Alcoa evaluates impact of Iberian blackout on Spanish refinery and smelter
30th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE- and ASX-listed Alcoa said that its San Ciprián complex in Galicia, Spain, was affected by the massive power outage that swept across the Iberian Peninsula on Monday. Both the alumina... 


The Greenbushes mine
IGO trims capex for Greenbushes lithium mine, Kwinana refinery
30th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s IGO has trimmed capital spending plans for the Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia, lowering its 2025 capital expenditure (capex) forecast to between A$700-million and... 


American Battery Technology receives $900m loan interest for lithium mine project
30th April 2025 By: Reuters

American Battery Technology said on Tuesday it has received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for $900-million in financing to support the construction of its Nevada-based... 


Gold bars
Billionaire investor John Paulson sees gold near $5 000 by 2028
29th April 2025 By: Reuters

Central bank gold buying and global trade tensions are likely to push bullion prices to near $5 000 an ounce by 2028, billionaire investor John Paulson said in an interview during which he... 


ngezi mine
Zimplats reports lower mined volumes on trackless machinery constraints
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Zimplats has reported an 11% year-on-year and a 4% quarter-on-quarter decrease in mined volumes for the quarter ended March 31, owing to lower availability of... 


Lynas Rare Earths seeks US aid for Texas refinery as costs surge
29th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths is in talks with the Trump administration to counter rising costs for the refinery it’s building in Texas, while at the same time warning that the president’s tariff... 


Port infrastructure
Saudi push into South Africa yields billions of dollars in deals
25th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 


Haul truck at a Zambian copper mine
Vedanta weighs US listing to raise $1bn for Zambian copper assets
23rd April 2025 By: Reuters

Vedanta Resources, is considering a US public listing for its Zambian unit Konkola Copper Mines as one of its options to try to raise about $1-billion for mine development, three sources familiar... 


Gold trinkets
Rand Refinery deepens support to prior mentees in mentorship programme
22nd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Gold and silver refiner Rand Refinery has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive growth and enterprise development in the local jewellery sector, as its Silver and Gold Mentorship Programme enters... 


RareX, Iluka establish consortium to develop project in Kenya
22nd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed RareX has entered into a consortium agreement with Australian miner Iluka Resources to apply for the Mrima Hill rare earth/niobium/phosphate/manganese project licence, in Kenya. RareX... 


Image of copper nugget
BHP Olympic dam smelter and refinery expansion project, Australia
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 


Image of Australia flag and periodic table symbol for cobalt
Kwinana cobalt refinery, Australia – update
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Cobalt Blue has signed a binding pre-final investment decision consortium deed with Iwatani Australia to progress development. 


LOcation map of the Waterberg project
Waterberg project, South Africa – update
18th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Operator and majority owner of the Waterberg project Platinum Group Metals has indicated that its near-term focus remains advancing the Waterberg project to a development and construction decision 


Secunda Operations
Sasol to buy in more coal amid ongoing quality problems at own mines
17th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has again reduced its coal production forecast for the current financial year, owing to ongoing quality problems affecting production at its Secunda Operations,... 


Talga’s Swedish anode refinery gains EU net-zero strategic status
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Talga Group’s planned battery anode refinery in Luleå, Sweden, has been designated a net-zero strategic project under the European Union’s (EU's) Net-Zero Industry Act, the company... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump orders tariff probe on all US critical mineral imports
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to... 


Platinum smelting
PTM advances smelting study alongside Waterberg pre-build development
14th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says its near-term objective remains advancing the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project, in South Africa, to a development and construction... 


Cobalt Blue, Iwatani sign pre-FID pact for Australia’s first cobalt refinery
Cobalt Blue, Iwatani sign pre-FID pact for Australia’s first cobalt refinery
11th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a binding pre-final investment decision (pre-FID) consortium deed with Iwatani Australia (IWA) to progress development of the Kwinana cobalt refinery,... 


An image of the Bulyanhulu mine
Gold major eyes further in-country growth
11th April 2025

Gold major Barrick is leveraging its $4.25-billion investment into the Tanzania-based Twiga Minerals Corporation – a joint venture (JV) between it and the Tanzanian government – to further progress... 


Falling alumina price prods some China producers to begin maintenance
10th April 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese alumina producers, which rushed to expand capacity after prices surged last year due to short supplies of raw material bauxite, are being squeezed by falling prices, prompting some to shut... 


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... 


Image of Sandouville refinery
GalliCam project, France – update
4th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The European Commission has designated the GalliCam project as a strategic project. 


Image of drill core from the Keliber project
Keliber lithium hydroxide project, Finland – update
4th April 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The European Commission has designated the Keliber lithium project as a ‘strategic project'. 


Rand Refinery deepens commitment to the community through holistic educational support
Rand Refinery deepens commitment to the community through holistic educational support
2nd April 2025

Rand Refinery, one of the world’s leading gold and silver refiners and an operator of one of the continent’s largest low-grade gold recovery smelters, is reaffirming its unwavering commitment to... 


The Keliber lithium project in Finland
Sibanye-Stillwater wins EU strategic status for lithium, EV battery projects
27th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Johannesburg-based Sibanye Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman says the European Commission’s designation of its Keliber lithium and GalliCam projects as strategic projects under the EU’s Critical Raw... 


Glencore-backed alumina producer declines in Hong Kong debut
Glencore-backed alumina producer declines in Hong Kong debut
25th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Nanshan Aluminum International Holdings, a company backed by Glencore, declined in its Hong Kong trading debut, with sentiment for the top alumina producer in Southeast Asia impacted by falling... 


Trent Mell
Electra Battery Materials secures C$20m funding commitment for cobalt refinery
24th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials has received a letter of intent (LoI) for C$20-million in proposed funding to support the completion of North America’s first battery-grade cobalt... 


Gold climbs to record high as Fed signals two rate cuts in 2025
Gold climbs to record high as Fed signals two rate cuts in 2025
20th March 2025 By: Reuters

Gold rose to an all-time high on Thursday as the Federal Reserve hinted at two possible interest rate cuts this year, bolstering bullion's appeal amid ongoing geopolitical and economic woes. Spot... 


Gold assaying and refining conference in London.
South Africa’s Rand Refinery is world-leading gold market referee, LBMA highlights
19th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the gold price soaring sky-high, insight into the global gold assaying and refining standards that need to be upheld was intensively communicated this week at the conference of the London... 


LBMA CE Ruth Crowell.
Action needed along entire gold value chain from ‘rock to ring’, LBMA event is told
17th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In terms of sustainability and responsible sourcing, the 2025 focus of the independent London-based precious metals association – the LBMA – will be on mandatory disclosure, recycled gold and... 


Glencore overhauls embattled Canadian smelters as margins plunge
Glencore overhauls embattled Canadian smelters as margins plunge
17th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Glencore is doubling down on a cost-cutting drive at its Canadian copper and zinc plants following job cuts last year, in a further overhaul of its global smelting business following a collapse in... 


IAE 2025 to Drive High-Impact Investment Across Africa’s Top Energy Markets
IAE 2025 to Drive High-Impact Investment Across Africa’s Top Energy Markets
14th March 2025

As Africa positions itself for a new era of energy growth and investment, the Invest in African Energy (IAE) Forum in Paris brings together top executives, policymakers and financiers to chart the... 


The Boyne smelter in Queensland
Rio Tinto repowers Gladstone aluminium operations with renewables
14th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto and energy group Edify Energy have entered into two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements (HSAs) to enhance the supply of reliable, competitively priced... 


Image of Chile flag and periodic table symbol for copper/gold/silver/molybdenum
Salvador Division, Chile
14th March 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A copper/gold/silver/molybdenum mine in the Atacama region. 


An image of the Antwerp Platform
Projects improve hydrogen production, carbon reduction
14th March 2025

In line with its 2030 ambition to decarbonise the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands, for the... 


An image of the Bratislava Refinery
Innovative fuel alternatives benefit multiple industries
14th March 2025

As part of its long-term “Shape Tomorrow” strategy, petroleum company MOL Group has successfully produced and tested a diesel fuel containing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and a sustainable... 


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