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Exciting Mogalakwena mine has 300-year-plus resource life, Valterra Platinum highlights

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New Canadian gov initiative enables 'most competitive mining jax jurisdiction in the world'

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South Africa’s $5.8bn green hydrogen ammonia project takes big leap forward

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Canada's Neo Performance Materials starts commercial production of rare earth magnets in Europe

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Phase 3 is test rail reform, cannot afford to fail, says Manganese Producers Consortium

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Northern Star appoints mining heavyweights Cutifani, Rozenauers to board

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Pan African completes Soweto gold tailings retreatment project study

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OECD, IEA say traceability is imperative for secure critical mineral supply chains

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Hydrogen investment hits $130bn-plus mark on energy security, resilience rise

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Cyclic Materials starts commercial operation of rare earths recovery facility in Arizona

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EU faces complaint over plan to simplify more environmental laws

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Mine tyre life lengthening that protects environment highlighted at Electra Mining Africa

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Mining giants KGHM, BHP ink MoU to explore areas of mutual interest globally

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Multotec highlights global success as it hands over CEO baton at Electra Mining Africa

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BMI lists screening of foreign investment, high labour costs, wildfires as Australian mining's main risks

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ARM’s Motsepe emphasises importance of honesty, integrity, governance, meritocracy

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ARM headline earnings up 19%, dividend declared

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World's biggest money managers are rebuilding gold positions

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Martin Creamer talks about Sibanye-Stillwater, hydrogen truck fleet opportunity, Northam Platinum

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New-phase R60bn capex programme announced by Impala Platinum

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Australia's Vulcan seeks investors for German lithium expansion project, courts Asian interests

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Two new projects win Sibanye-Stillwater thumbs up

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Hycroft appoints former Newmont, AngloGold, Freeport execs to its board

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PFS confirms Tungsten Mining's Mt Mulgine as potentially world's lowest cost operation

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Six-million-ounce platinum demand opportunity from hydrogen truck fleets

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Harmony very optimistic about adding additional surface gold production

27

Canadian official Guay affirms value of stronger trade ties with Chile

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Eland mine heading for complete greenness, Northam Platinum highlights

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Martin Creamer talks about: Sound tech, govt-business partnership, future of minerals make headlines

30

Glencore Canada reaches shaft milestone at Sudbury's newest, deepest, all-electric mine

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Harmony’s underground gold mines producing at 38% free cash margin

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MinRes posts strongest full-year financials yet

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Exxaro driving modernisation, reviewing what mine of future could look like

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Australian Indigenous group appeals Fortescue mining compensation ruling, seeks $1.3bn

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FireFly to raise A$180m backed by solid Green Bay PEA

36

CSIR tests digital rock-sounding technology at Harmony Gold’s Mponeng Mine

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Palladium demand support may emerge from zero-emission review, Heraeus reports

38

British firm offers to restart mothballed Australian manganese smelter

39

Minerals Council hails launch of partnership to unlock growth, jobs, confidence

40

Martin Creamer talks about Hive Hydrogen, Exxaro and DRDGold developments

41

MIT-spinout SiTration, BHP start trialling copper recovery from legacy mine water

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Exxaro wants energy, future metals to be more than half of group earnings by 2030

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Fortescue sees power sales from Pilbara green grid when demand emerges, declares lower dividend

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It's been a very good year for DRDGOLD

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Fortescue produces first hot metal towards green iron production in Australia

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South Africa’s $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project is ‘going really well’

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BHP profit tops estimates as copper powers growth, to pay highest dividend in 4 years

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South Africa’s minerals future to be explored by emerging researchers on Oct 2

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Canada's OceanaGold to buy Ausgold for about $553m, expand Australia presence

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Anglo strikes year-long iron-ore deal with China’s State buyer

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Duke University, UCT make tangible investment recommendations ahead of lithium, rare earths boom

52

Martin Creamer talks about: AI and alloys, mining innovation and Sasol's PEM electrolyser

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Mining production decreased by 4% y/y in June

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Scoping study on Brazilian Rare Earths' Rocha da Rocha project confirms lowest-cost Western supply opportunity

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No material impact anticipated for copper, cobalt market from DRC policy shift – BMI

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India's iron-ore approach for ambitious steelmaking strategy can shape global demand, decarbonisation, IEEFA warns

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Southern Palladium's JSE share price surges on granting of Bengwenyama mining right

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Barrick says Newmont deal clears path for North American IPO

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Revived Far West Rand gold mines looking to add 1 000 more jobs

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Wheaton posts record net earnings, operating cashflow in Q2

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Is South African mining’s modernisation urgency falling largely on deaf ears?

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There is more to accelerated mining than merely weaker regulation, report finds

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Martin Creamer talks about Energy-saving smelting tech, ARM growth projects, increased iron-ore demand

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Glencore half-year earnings up 86% to $10bn

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Depletion of iron-ore mines to underpin next decade's prices, Rio Tinto executive says

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Considerable room to increase mining’s innovation intensity, survey finds

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Rio Tinto signals no rush to revive Glencore deal as standstill ends

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AI helping to develop alloy for use in new applications, Valterra Platinum reports

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Australia's gold mining industry has 'bright' future – Surbiton Associates

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AngloGold’s ‘exceptional by any measure’ second quarter pays $364m dividend

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Martin Creamer talks about: Valterra Platinum, modernisation and AI in mining

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BHP Port Hedland iron-ore workers to strike August 8 and 9, if no pay deal reached

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Anglo highlights ability to provide capital efficient copper growth in tightening market

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Central banks bought far less gold than thought at start of year

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Valterra Platinum remains ‘highly confident’ in ‘robust outlook’ for PGM demand

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Rio Tinto posts highest H1 earnings in four years as data centre boom boosts copper

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Australia plans first domestic oil refinery in 60 years to boost fuel security

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South African iron-ore quality among strongest of seaborne market, Kumba reports

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AI can help fill South Africa’s cadastre with deposits, mine modernising event hears

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Fortescue chair calls for fair negotiations with China

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Modernisation of South African mining is an ‘urgent strategic priority’

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Martin Creamer talks about China's PGMs focus, AI efficiencies and DRDGold's R10bn expansion

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Newmont tops profit estimates on higher gold prices, sees steady output

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Industry leaders, researchers, govt partners, innovators gather to modernise mining

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Teck boasts 314% attributable profit growth in Q2

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AI’s efficiencies keeping even lower quality operations going longer, energy event hears

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Optimum back from the dead with historic dragline returned to production

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Australia's Lynas flags cost overrun after revenue miss, shares tumble

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Mammoth regional tailings dam is centrepiece of DRDGOLD’s R10bn expansion

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BHP resumes negotiations with Port Hedland iron-ore unions

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Timing of R10bn capital spend ‘could not have been better’, DRDGOLD CFO points out

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Note holders group of Sherritt claims proper recapitalisation engagement is lacking

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Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports

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Martin Creamer talks about: DRDGOLD, Sibanye-Stillwater and Mintek

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Electricians at BHP's key Australian iron-ore hub vote for work stoppages

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Expansion plans pointing to 75% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s chrome volumes

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BHP confident of group’s future growth opportunities, despite warning of lower 2027 copper output

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First doré gold bar pour at DRDGOLD’s new Far West smelt house

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Rio Tinto beats quarterly iron-ore sales estimates, flags rising diesel costs

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Mintek targeting global flotation research recognition, PGM Industry Day hears

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Australia blocks voting rights of some China-linked investors in Northern Minerals

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R964m to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals project

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China expands strategic mineral toolkit with new investment firm

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Platinum receives major retail boost at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026

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Martin Creamer talks about Northern Cape copper and South African PGMs

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Prairie Lithium takes delivery of four-column DLE unit on site in Saskatchewan

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Mintek spells out value of PGM preconcentration plus chrome recovery

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Viridis announces industry-leading MRE on Colossus rare earths project

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First phase of Sibanye-Stillwater’s secondary mining thrust given thumbs up

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BHP iron-ore workers threaten first strike in decades at Port Hedland

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Mintek keen to do bottleneck-exposing surveys for platinum group metals processors

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Australia's Lynas, South Korea's JS Link sign deal for Malaysia magnet factory

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Sibanye-Stillwater developing seven primary platinum metals mining projects

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Australia's Genesis lobs $3.9bn bid for Vault as M&A frenzy builds

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New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper

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Martin Creamer talks about: Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater and DRDGOLD

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Newmont, Imperial Metals bags $500m Canadian gov support for Red Chris expansion

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Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'

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IN FOCUS: Beyers Nel on Harmony Gold’s Copper Future

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Gold miner Northern Star names new CEO, Elliott presses for review

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Gold price outlook hinges on macroeconomic conditions as geopolitical risks, Asian demand gain influence

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Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay

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MIT-spinout verifies breakthrough low-cost copper recovery process at BHP operation

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US rare earths refiner demonstrates high-purity rare earths production possible from primary and waste streams

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Attributes of platinum group metals explicated at Mintek PGM Day

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Australian energy exploration hits ten-year high in hunt for gas

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Northern Cape becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving

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Martin Creamer talks about: SA's platinum assets, hydrogen fuel cell tech, green molecules

129

IMF says it will take time for energy, commodity prices to normalize after US-Iran deal

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$870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ

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Lithium producers bet on battery storage as demand shifts beyond EVs

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IN FOCUS: Portfolio Diversification – Why Copper, Why Now?

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New longer-term platinum metal applications needed, Sibanye-Stillwater headlines

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Strikes, soaring costs and M&A await BHP's new CEO Craig

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Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet earth’s biggest’

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Anglo, Codelco inks definitive agreement for joint mine plan in Chile

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Sibanye-Stillwater declares its South African platinum assets ‘world’s best’

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Iluka secures $1.2bn loan from Australia for rare earths refinery

139

Exxaro displays major wind, solar achievement without shrinking coal

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Vale board resists shareholder Previ’s bid to oust chairperson

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Martin Creamer talks about: Shanghai Week, Phelan Green, platinum jewellery demand

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Hudbay breaks ground at New Ingerbelle expansion for Copper Mountain mine

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Africa cannot afford fragmented voices any longer, Mike Teke points out

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IN FOCUS: Geopolitics and the Energy Transition

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Platinum jewellery generates highest demand level since 2019

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BHP outlines higher cost estimate, impairment charge for Jansen Stage 2 expansion

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De Beers CEO sees sale of diamond firm in 'weeks not months'

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Brazil's Vale plans to invest $2.6bn in decarbonization initiatives

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AMCU responds to dual fatalities at Northam’s Zondereinde

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PMET Resources confirms value-added lithium processing viability on site in Québec

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Sustainability is at the heart of mining’s future, Valterra Platinum affirms

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Martin Creamer talks about: MMC, rare earths, Jr mining opportunities

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Canada's only copper smelter allowed leeway with air emission reductions, Glencore confirms

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Elliott raises heat on Australia's Northern Star for board overhaul, sales

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IN FOCUS: Developing the Next Generation of Supply

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South Africa’s battery materials supply status surges ahead with new MMC plant

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South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba

158

Canadian lithium developer E3 secures $36m fed funding for Cleawater demo plant, feasibility study

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Africa must create conditions that allow investment to flourish, Junior Indaba hears

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McEwen PFS on Grey Fox confirms 15-year mine life addition to Fox Complex

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Green hydrogen seen as having potential to trigger new green industrialisation

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Stormlands says NPV of Mexican project can almost double using dynamic modelling

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New cadastre, Sam Molefi, PyroFuZA make headlines

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Tesla co founder-backed copper maker Red Metals secures seed funding for US refining plant

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South African green hydrogen first-movers given major boost

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Sherritt appoints finance veteran interim CFO to steer through Cuba challenges

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New cadastre processing W Cape mining licence applications, Parliament hears

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IN FOCUS: Copper Demand in an Electrifying and Digitising World

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Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals, SFA (Oxford) points out

170

Emerging miner American Lithium welcomes Peru's national importance decree for uranium, lithium

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South Africa can become a strong value-add minerals player again, PyroFuZA insists

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Aura Energy confirms 'clear run' to FID by year-end for Tiris uranium mine

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Soweto Cluster gold study on way as Pan African hits gold production top spot

174

Rio Tinto commissions low-carbon aluminium smelter expansion in Québec

175

Roodepoort-born Roodepoort gold miner talks to Mining Weekly

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Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds

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Martin Creamer talks about: Mining's economic edge, mineral rights and copper

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Cadastre must be rolled out ‘effectively, rapidly, transparently’ – Minerals Council

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Copper braces for another round of US tariff roulette, Reuters says

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Mining can unlock growth, skills, job creation, Minerals Council AGM hears

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Urgent need for one-stop mineral rights shop, Minerals Council points out

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Lodestar confirms solid backing for $4.7m capital raise for exploration in three regions

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Emerging South African copper miner highlights loss-narrowing performance

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China's weak steel output, strong iron-ore imports show structural shift

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Platinum’s the gift that just keeps on giving as global value-chain prospects resurface

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Haranga publishes better-than-expected maiden MRE for Lincoln in US

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Martin Creamer talks about: Copper, green hydrogen, green ammonia and platinum demand

188

Capital raised to turn South African copper projects into mining operations

189

Greenland Mines fast-tracks updated study on newly acquired Sarfartoq rare earths project

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Gold mining on City of Gold's doorstep wins broader bank support

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Ionic partners with refiner Nth Cycle to innovate, decarbonise rare earths refining

192

Northern Cape copper drilling provides clear scale-up path

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NMG breaks ground on G7’s largest graphite mine

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South Africa’s $5.8bn green hydrogen-ammonia project advancing

195

Middle East conflict, regionalisation of markets contribute to shift in PGM sourcing, trade

196

Investment demand for platinum remains strong

197

Rio2 achieves milestone quarter with first copper income, gold ramp-up

198

Martin Creamer talks about uranium demand, Northern Cape copper and Cementation Africa

199

Positive operating income heartens challenged Eastplats

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Metals One signs uranium waste dump treatment agreement with DISA

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Platinum to remain in deficit this year, while palladium, rhodium may record surpluses – Johnson Matthey

202

Cementation Africa transitions ownership amid rise in mining investment

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Southern Africa’s regional uranium production looking up as demand outlook rises

204

Barminco awarded A$850m Bellevue contract; Develop Global awarded lithium mine contract

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Drilling highlights more copper mineralisation in South Africa’s Northern Cape

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Elevra secures funding certainty for staged, accelerated lithium brownfield expansion in North America

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Barrick’s Zambia copper expansion highlighted, more high gold price captured

208

Dateline reports strong BFS for California gold, rare earths project

209

AngloGold delivers record free cash flow | Petra mulls options for Finsch mine | WDC appoints new president, VP

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Martin Creamer talks about: Hydrogen uptake and Sibanye-Stillwater’s earnings upsurge

211

Goldhaven to benefit from $12bn of government mining capital committed in the West

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Gold Fields lists 'significant’ price increases caused by US-Iran war

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Ivanhoe swings to first-quarter loss

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Lynas CEO says US, Europe rules sway buyers from Chinese rare earths

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Sibanye-Stillwater highlights good safety performance amid 371% earnings upsurge

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As costs drop, hydrogen energy options are being grasped globally

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Challenger Gold expects first revenue in May ahead of full-scale PFS

218

Hydrogen mobility, platinum group metals highlighted in North West

219

Consultancy unpacks why gold prices are trending lower despite high demand

220

Hydrogen progress is real, International Energy Agency reports

221

Pacific Booker board urges rejection of American Eagle takeover bid, studies Morrison project anew

222

South African vanadium project secures non-binding offtake term sheet

223

China's scant winds allow fossil fuel power to make a comeback

224

Martin Creamer talks about: Green hydrogen revival, Sibanye-Stillwater, exploration silence

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New electricity solution being advanced for South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium

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Critical Metals seeks full control of heavy rare earths Tanbreez project in $835m deal

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Implats reports robust PGM demand, beneficial pricing

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Martin Creamer talks about Electrolytic hydrogen, manganese logistics and Memsa

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Vulcan starts building $3.9bn Lionheart lithium plant in Frankfurt

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Valterra Platinum celebrates strong refined PGM uplift, laments safety decline

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Firebird secures A$2m grant to advance Australian demonstration plant

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Hydrogen enables energy storage way beyond batteries, Nel emphasises

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Aluminium faces 'black swan' supply shock, Mercuria says

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Give South Africa’s manganese mines a good logistics future right now – don’t wait

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Spanish Mountain Gold inks royalty deal with Wheaton

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B2Gold expects 10koz lower Q2 production after fire damage

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Growth’s not an entitlement, investment’s not a given, Memsa event hears

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Breakthrough positions chrome as key revenue driver for Southern Palladium

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Sibanye-Stillwater collaborates further to find new applications for platinum metals

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Martin Creamer talks about: N Cape investment, BHP's workshops, Namibia's green hydrogen breakthrough

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Defense Metals included in world’s first dedicated ex-China rare earths ETF

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Investors commit R105-billion-plus to Northern Cape development

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Silver poised for investment demand as another market deficit year looms

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Exploration workshop sessions initiated in Africa by BHP

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Antofagasta affirms copper production will tick up in remainder of the year

246

Multi-country hydrogen-based iron-ore-to-green-steel breakthrough in Namibia

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Iran war allows Australia to revive green iron ambitions

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China's gold market importance probably growing, says precious metals analyst

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Hydrogen option highlighted as Middle East crisis disrupts fossil-fuel economics

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Asian LNG imports plummet to six-year low on Middle East crisis

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Eskom confident of meeting winter demand, Minerals Council South Africa indicates

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Martin Creamer talks about: Green hydrogen projects and rising mining renewables

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KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mine powered by new Limpopo solar plant

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South Africa spells out detailed green hydrogen pursuit at UNIDO conference

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Gemological Institute of America reflects on extraordinary diamonds recovered

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More renewable power for South Africa’s platinum, iron-ore, diamond mines

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Martin Creamer talks about: Exploration boost, strong hydrogen developments

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South Africa’s State-owned IDC to convert Orion loan facility into equity

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South Africa’s Master Drilling positioned to capitalise on bull run, CEO reports

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Proudly South African drill rigs without human intervention are on the way

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Northern Cape can be South Africa’s next mining hub, says Minerals Council economist

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Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane on Friday reiterated South Africa’s urgent need for a coordinated cross-government policy environment directed at stimulating responsible and vigorous investment and development of South Africa’s rich mineral resources.

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Martin Creamer talks about: Omnia, Nornickel and promising uranium/gold endowment

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Middle East crisis underlining relevance of supply strength of South Africa’s Omnia

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More PGM potential for South Africa as Palladium Center returns with major new insight

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More steps being taken to advance promising South African uranium/gold endowment

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South Africa’s Thungela prioritises safety, well-being of endangered Dubai employees

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Martin Creamer talks about: Mooi Plaats solar PV project, Qala Shallows and gold optimism

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Canada’s manganese demo plant in Joburg gets extra funding from South Africa’s IDC

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Bullish hydrogen sentiment re-surfaces at vibrant PGMs Industry Day

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Positive signs of upcoming mining law reform, PGMs Industry Day hears

272

Northern Cape sun providing 240 MW of power to platinum, diamond, iron-ore mines

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West Wits pours first Qala Shallows gold at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Ezulwini plant

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Many ‘great’ gold opportunities in South Africa, West Wits chair says at first gold pour

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Gold’s Middle East disruption confined to region, World Gold Council strategists note

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Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Alexandra Abrahams

277

Mintek spearheading rare earth element recovery from discard coal, fly ash

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Martin Creamer talks about: Harmony Gold, Bokoni and Seriti Green

279

Harmony studying high-margin surface gold projects in Free State and West Wits

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Strong cash generation enabling Harmony to fund a future in both gold and copper

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Turn wealth beneath soil into prosperity for all, Minerals Council CEO pleads

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ARM’s Bokoni platinum project’s prospects are continuing to excite

283

70% energy cut by South African smelt technology is ‘huge achievement’ – researcher

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Let’s make South Africa best place, says Motsepe as he bows out as ARM exec chair

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Martin Creamer talks about: Platinum demand, hydrogen economy

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Shift in global order providing opportunity to strengthen platinum industry

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Solar power for Marula and Rustenburg platinum mines being sought by Implats