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Mining cost pressures accelerated in May as energy shock took hold
Mining cost pressures accelerated in May as energy shock took hold
3rd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Minerals Council South Africa has reported that mining input cost pressures accelerated sharply in May, reflecting the transmission of higher global energy prices into the South African economy... 


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Lobito Corridor railway project achieves $753m financial close
3rd July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Cross-border transport infrastructure project the Lobito Corridor railway project, in Angola, has achieved a successful financial close of $753-million, says infrastructure financing fund the... 


Platinum bars
PIC buys more Valterra shares
3rd July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Asset manager the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has acquired additional securities in platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Valterra Platinum, taking its interest in the mining company to nearly... 


New South32 CEO Matt Daley.
New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper
3rd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Being a premier base metals-focused business with strong growth potential is the vision for South32 of new CEO Matt Daley. “We've got around 55% production growth over the next handful of years in... 


Antofagasta's Los Palembres mine, in chile
Antofagasta to seek enviro approval for Encierro, Volcanes exploration in fourth quarter
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta plans to submit environmental applications to broaden its exploration activities for its Encierro and Volcanes projects in the fourth quarter of this year,... 


A map of the Klein Aub project area
Unicorn Mineral Resources secures £1.25m loan
3rd July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed mineral exploration and development company Unicorn Mineral Resources has agreed the principal terms of a one-year, £1.25-million unsecured loan facility with its chairperson Paddy... 


Red Chris mine
Newmont, Imperial Metals bags $500m Canadian gov support for Red Chris expansion
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Imperial Metals has confirmed it will receive $500-million from the government of Canada to advance the Red Chris mine block cave transition, under the Canada-British Columbia... 


Falchani project area, in Peru
American Lithium strengthens board with US mine lifecycle expert
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed American Lithium Corporation has appointed Amandip Singh as an independent member of its board, bringing to the position more than 15 years of experience in exploration, project... 


Uranium
Traction completes radiometric survey on Aurora uranium project
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian uranium miner Traction Uranium Corporation has completed an airborne radiometric survey at the Aurora uranium project, in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan. The survey was... 


Fenelon project area
Wallbridge suspends exploration activity in Québec amid wildfire risks
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Wallbridge Mining has temporarily evacuated staff and suspended exploration owing to forest fire risks near its Detour-Fenelon gold trend property, in Québec. This follows an evacuation... 


Coal plant
Japan cuts gas in favour of coal as Hormuz disruption chokes LNG
3rd July 2026 By: Bloomberg

Japan sharply reduced natural gas-fired power generation last month, instead relying more on coal, as disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz tightened supplies of the cleaner-burning fuel. The... 


Oil worker on an oil pump
Oil prices little changed ahead of long US weekend as peace efforts hold
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Oil prices were little changed on Friday before a long holiday weekend in the US, as traders held on to hopes that attempts to secure peace in the Middle East between the US and Iran would... 


Cigar Lake mine
Cameco increases Cigar Lake ownership to 57%
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed uranium miner Cameco has successfully acquired Tepco Resources' 5% participating interest in the Cigar Lake joint venture, increasing Cameco's ownership stake in the mine to 57.41%.... 


Gahcho Kué mine
Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province to soon delist from TSX
3rd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As TSX-listed Mountain Province Diamonds continues to pursue a potential restructuring transaction among its shareholders and creditors, which may include a "go-private" transaction, share... 


Graham Coetzer
Zama Zama: Inside the Illicit Mining Underworld
3rd July 2026

Through exclusive interviews with zama zamas, syndicate insiders, intelligence operatives, and law enforcement officials, Zama Zama sheds light on the hidden mechanics of this shadow economy. The... 


Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines
Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines
3rd July 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications;... 


Raw copper ore
Brazil aims to lift global share of critical minerals output to 12.2% by 2050
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Brazil will unveil its National Mining Plan 2050 on Thursday, setting a target to increase its share of global critical minerals production to 12.2% by that year, from 8.3% currently, said the... 


El Teniente mine
Codelco debt and high costs hurt competitiveness, document says
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Chile's State-run copper giant Codelco sees soaring costs, which are over one-and-a-half times above its global rivals, and heavy debt are the main challenges to the struggling company's... 


Iron-ore
Australia flags risk to iron-ore price from China State buyer
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

An Australian government report on Friday said efforts by China's State-backed iron-ore buyer to cut costs for Chinese steel mills may push down prices in the medium term, in a rare acknowledgment... 


Copper
BHP to transfer Arizona property to Canada's Faraday Copper for 30% stake
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Australian miner BHP Group has agreed to transfer its San Manuel property in Arizona to Faraday Copper Corporation in exchange for a 30% stake in the Canadian miner, as Faraday seeks to develop a... 


Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney
Canada, Alberta announce new west coast oil pipeline to boost exports
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Canada announced plans to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, which would give the world's fourth-largest oil producer greater capacity to export to Asia and ease its... 


BHP iron-ore operation
BHP workers approve Pilbara labour deal, unions cite lingering concerns
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Workers at BHP's South Flank and Mining Area C iron-ore operations in Western Australia have voted to approve a new labour agreement, unions said on Friday, while noting that many remained... 


Cook Islands manganese nodules on seabed
US envoy says Cook Islands minerals are a top priority
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

The new US ambassador to New Zealand and several Pacific island nations said on Friday that securing Cook Islands seabed minerals was a top priority, and that China's push for influence in the... 


Magazine round up | 03 July 2026
Magazine round up | 03 July 2026
3rd July 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 


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Value chains in focus as ESG pressures mount for South African firms
3rd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

With increasing emphasis globally on the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, South African companies are urged to creatively embed ESG practices in their everyday... 


Lindian completes first blast at Kangankunde, starts active mining
Lindian completes first blast at Kangankunde, starts active mining
2nd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has successfully completed the first production blast at its Kangankunde rare earths project, in Malawi, marking the start of active mining operations and another major... 


A generic image of exposed surface copper
New surface copper discoveries found at Kaoko’s Namibia project
2nd July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

ASX-listed mining exploration company Kaoko Metals has discovered an outcrop of copper mineralisation at its newly named Bootless prospect during its maiden fieldwork programme at the Chalkos... 


Fortuna Metals achieves greater than 96% titanium oxide rutile product at Malawi project
Fortuna Metals achieves greater than 96% titanium oxide rutile product at Malawi project
2nd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Fortuna Metals has announced the successful production of a high-quality rutile product of over 96% titanium oxide (TiO2) from the bulk sample metallurgical testwork completed by mineral... 


South Africa's Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal.
South32 deal enablng Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner
2nd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share... 


Malartic mine
Agnico Eagle suspends Quebec pit mining, flags production hit
2nd July 2026 By: Reuters

Miner Agnico Eagle Mines said on Thursday a rock mass movement occurred along the north wall of the Barnat open pit at its Canadian Malartic complex in Quebec, prompting a temporary suspension of... 


Tin ore
Rome Resources completes drilling campaign at DRC project
2nd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Rome Resources has received final assay results from its recent drilling campaign at the Kalayi deposit within the Bisie North Project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These... 


A generic image of smelter operations
Transalloys warns of permanent closure of South Africa’s last manganese smelter
2nd July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Manganese ferroalloys producer Transalloys has fully stopped its ferroalloys production in Mpumalanga on July 1, with no indication of when operations may resume. The company highlights that the... 


A generic image of a diamond
Diamond council reminds industry revised System of Warranties deadline is nearing
2nd July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Industry body the World Diamond Council has highlighted that the transition period to its revised System of Warranties will conclude on September 21. With fewer than three months remaining of the... 


Lake Victoria Gold formalises Tanzanian-led EPCM team to advance gold project
Lake Victoria Gold formalises Tanzanian-led EPCM team to advance gold project
2nd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Gold explorer and developer Lake Victoria Gold (LVG) has announced that its subsidiary, Tembo Gold – holder of Mining Licence ML 538/2015 over the fully permitted Imwelo gold project, in... 


Alcoa President and CEO Bill Oplinger.
Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'
2nd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F Oplinger said of South Africa’s... 


European Metals president Inge Hofkens
Industry body European Metals appoints Hofkens president
2nd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nonferrous metals representative body European Metals has appointed Inge Hofkens president of the group. She currently works as COO for multi-metal recycling at German copper recycler Aurubis.... 


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