February 5, 2025

China funnelled $57 billion to control critical mineral supply chain

A network of at least 26 state-backed banks has helped Beijing tighten its grip on critical minerals over the past two decades.

February 5, 2025

GRAPH: The mining and Nvidia solar system

The Top 50 is now trading $480 billion below the peak hit in the second quarter of 2022

January 12, 2024

Ivanhoe’s Congo copper is what everyone’s after, president says

“Everybody's been knocking on our door, trying to understand what we are doing, trying to see how we did it,” Marna Cloete said.

January 11, 2024

Gem Diamonds and Lucara find first big stones of 2024

Gem Diamonds has unearthed a 295-carat rough at its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, while Lucara recovered a 166-carat rough at Letšeng in Botswana.

January 10, 2024

Fortuna cuts down debt using cash generated from Séguéla mine

The Canadian precious metals miner has paid down an additional $41 million in debt using cash on hand.

January 10, 2024

Ivanhoe Electric shocks Saudi geology to spot targets

Ivanhoe Electric is part of a growing number of international stage.mining.companies investing in Saudi Arabia.

January 10, 2024

De Beers to spend $1 billion on Botswana mine expansion

The approved investment will be used to convert the Jwaneng open pit mine into an underground diamond operation.

January 9, 2024

Gold One could dismiss more than 500 in South Africa after mine sit-in

The Sydney-based gold miner will dismiss 401 workers at its Modder East operations.

January 9, 2024

Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals

Junior producers have been particularly hard hit.

January 8, 2024

Ivanhoe eyes higher copper output at Kamoa-Kakula

It produced 393,551 tonnes of the metal last year, an 18% increase from 2022, and it expects to churn out 440,000-490,000 tonnes this year.