April 11, 2024 Sibanye-Stillwater to axe 4,000 jobs in gold mines restructuring The planned restructuring of its loss-making South African gold operations may impact 3,107 employees and 915 contractors.
April 10, 2024 Tianqi takes another shot at probing SQM-Codelco lithium deal It’s the latest twist in tensions between SQM and its Chinese shareholder after representatives of the two companies questioned each other’s real motivations.
April 10, 2024 Rio Tinto to invest $9.3 million in technology startups The focus will be on technologies in the fields of safe mine operations, decarbonisation, exploration processing and automation.
April 10, 2024 Two workers dead at Newmont’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina Both teammates worked on the company’s technical services team.
April 10, 2024 Asante Gold to bid for Newmont’s Akyem mine Asante’s plan follows calls from Ghana’s government for local ownership of Akyem.
April 10, 2024 Sibanye may seek $500m via metals prepayment deals to boost cash The precious metals producer saw profits tumble $2 billion last year due to lower metal prices and a reported $2.6 billion of impairments.
April 10, 2024 Amplats says it has received no credible offers for South African assets Parent company Anglo American prompted the speculation in February when CEO Duncan Wanblad said "nothing is off the table".
April 9, 2024 BHP set to dethrone Codelco as world’s biggest copper producer As long as BHP’s giant Escondida mine in Chile continues to step up production, the Australian company will nudge past Codelco this year.
April 9, 2024 Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project secures $15 billion financing The project is expected to add around 5% to the global seaborne supply when it comes online.
April 9, 2024 Equinox targets May first gold at Greenstone The project is a 60/40 partnership with New York-based Orion Mine Finance.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
