The major Simandou iron-ore mine and infrastructure project, in Guinea, has cleared all regulatory hurdles, marking the path forward for $11.6-billion integrated development. The project, hailed... 

The Queensland government has granted Queensland Pacific Metals an A$8-million grant to advance its Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) project towards investment readiness Queensland has... 

Minerals exploration and development company Western Mines has secured a new funding facility to advance drilling at the Mulga Tank nickel/copper/cobalt/platinum group elements (PGE) project in... 

London-listed Blencowe Resources has received a fourth tranche of funding worth $500 000 from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), which is the US government’s private sector... 

Huge demand for green ammonia from power stations is being seen by the developer of South Africa’s R105-billion green hydrogen to green ammonia project in the Eastern Cape. But this new development... 

ASX-listed Aura Energy has received the last outstanding material permit to allow the construction and operation of the Tiris uranium project from the Mauritanian government. The company says the... 

The acquisition of Toronto-listed Fission Uranium by Sydney-listed Paladin Energy has received Canadian Competition Act clearance, satisfying an important condition for the completion of the... 

Zimbabwe’s largest gold producer is negotiating with potential partners for a $150-million investment to boost production at its Shamva mine by 50%. Kuvimba Mining House, 65% owned by the State,... 

Europe needs a system to set prices for critical minerals needed for the energy transition that is not dependent on China, which dominates much of the global sector, the head of an EU-funded group... 

Australia’s Liontown Resources has executed a new offtake agreement for the supply of spodumene concentrate from its Kathleen Valley lithium project, in Western Australia. The short-term offtake... 

Cementation Americas, a member of the Murray & Roberts Group, has been awarded a mine construction project with a major mining house in Latin America. The multiyear underground mine development and... 

Investment holding company IAB, which is owned by representatives of the founding family and affiliates of Bell Equipment and holds 70.13% of the company's issued shares, has offered to buy the... 

Now that floodwaters have receded after a severe wet season in Angola, ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company says its immediate focus is on sampling kimberlites closer to the Cacuilo river, as these... 

Guardian Metal, a London-listed exploration and development company focusing on tungsten, copper, silver, gold and lithium in Nevada, on Monday announced key appointments aimed at strengthening its... 

NYSE-listed Hecla Mining has announced the dismissal of a ‘bad actor’ lawsuit that has been impacting its Libby Exploration project, in Montana. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups and... 

The merger between Westgold and Karora Resources has gained the backing of a second major proxy advisory firm, with Glass Lewis also recommending that that shareholders approve the transaction.... 

Iron-ore miner Champion Iron has halted operational activities at the Bloom Lake mine in response to forest fires north of its operations. The company said on Saturday that the forest fires were... 

Some of the biggest names in shipping are betting billions of dollars on tankers to transport a type of ammonia that’s scarcely being produced today — wagering it will become integral to the... 

Exploration and development company SolGold has finalised a substantial funding package totalling $750-million for its Cascabel project, in Ecuador. The funding marks a milestone for advancing the... 

Lundin Mining has approached BHP Group about making a joint bid for copper miner Filo, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a move that could solve fundraising needs for a neighboring... 

The carbon intensity of our economy has become unsustainable, President Cyril Ramaphosa writes in his latest weekly newsletter, published ahead of his address to a climate finance symposium being... 

Trafigura Group and Mubadala Capital are exploring the sale of a Brazilian iron-ore port terminal operator they acquired from former billionaire Eike Batista about a decade ago, according to people... 

The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the... 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed Botswana’s 2024 growth forecast to 1% from an earlier April estimate of 3.6% due mainly to lower diamond production, it said in a statement. The... 

A freight train carrying alumina owned by Russian aluminium giant United Co. Rusal was derailed on Thursday in Guinea’s capital Conakry, according to Radio Television Guineenne. The incident caused... 

The leaders of three southern African nations signed a deal to proceed with a rail and port project to help land-locked Botswana export its massive coal reserves through a Mozambican port, though... 

Aim-listed Atlantic Lithium on July 12 confirmed that the application for the grant of the mining lease in respect of its Ewoyaa lithium project had been submitted to the Ghanaian Parliament. The... 

Platinum’s appeal is being bolstered by its wide discount to gold, increasing industrial applications, and inclusion on the critical mineral lists of many countries, World Platinum Investment... 

ussian metals producer Nornickel will re-launch one of the two furnaces at its flagship Nadezhda Smelter in early August after major repairs that affected production plans, a company spokesman... 

Council for Geoscience (CGS) CEO Mosa Mabuza and Geoscientific Services executive manager Siphelele Buthelezi this week officially reopened the National Geoscientific Library (NGL). Closed to the... 

Uranium exploration company Madison Metals has reported that the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy has granted a licence for base and rare metals, industrial minerals, and nuclear fuels for... 

Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has reported that former BIS banking department head Peter Zoellner will join the association as an independent... 

Rio Tinto Group is studying proposals for potential bids for companies including Teck Resources, Sky News reported citing sources it didn’t identify. The company has drawn up a list of potential... 

Mining giants BHP and Vale reached a deal on Friday to split equally the cost of any damages related to proceedings in Britain over a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil that killed 19 people, while... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals, the near-term objectives of which are to advance the Waterberg project in Limpopo to a development and construction decision, is working with the...