February 4, 2025

Sasol, Anglo American and De Beers to pilot renewable diesel in South Africa

De Beers is providing the more than 20-hectare tracts of land on which the crops for the trial vegetable oil feedstock.

February 4, 2025

Barrick CEO says miner ‘making progress’ in dispute with Mali

Barrick and Mali’s military rulers are locked in a standoff over the distribution of revenue from the Loulo-Gounkoto mine complex.

February 4, 2025

Guinea sees maximum Simandou output in second year of operation

Output is expected to double to 60 million tonnes at each of the two mines in the second year, the government projects.

February 4, 2025

Indonesia says Eramet exploring new mining areas in South Sulawesi, Papua

Eramet's main operation in Indonesia is its Weda Bay Nickel mine, located in Halmahera, North Maluku.

February 4, 2025

Sumitomo raises annual profit forecast despite Ambatovy loss

Sumitomo has been struggling to stabilize production and improve profitability at the Ambatovy project, launched in 2005.

February 3, 2025

Rio Tinto faces new iron ore shipping snarls due to cyclones

Rio Tinto warned last month that its first-quarter iron ore shipments could be affected by disruptions to its rail operations.

February 3, 2025

Lundin family, Zijin Mining to acquire stake in Predictive Discovery

Zijin and the Lundin family are acquiring a 3.5% and a 6.5% stake, respectively.

February 3, 2025

ICMM members contributed higher portion of profits to host nations in 2024

ICMM members contributed a total of $42 billion to their host countries in 2024.

February 3, 2025

Energy giant Vitol targets copper market with hire from Glencore

Bruno Porto, a veteran copper trader who has been at Glencore since 2006, will join Vitol to build out a copper trading team from London.

February 3, 2025

Harmony Gold expects to beat annual output target despite first half dip

Harmony said its gold production for the six months to December 2024 was expected to be between 790,000 and 805,000 ounces.