A new, Beijing-backed mining investment vehicle is aimed at bolstering China’s grip on overseas resources, as the country pushes back against US and European efforts to curb its dominance of the mineral supply chain.
Diamond miner De Beers Group has, consistent with recent actions to improve business resilience, decided to pause production at its Venetia mine, in South Africa, for two years to reduce costs while also rephasing capital expenditure on the Venetia underground project.
The world is entering a new industrial era, built for critical minerals, and this presents an opportunity for Africa to transform its economies, if that transformation is undertaken strategically.
Gold and silver prices saw a sharp reversal of their recent fortunes after the latest round of conflict between Iran and the United States, and while central banks are using the opportunity to load up on gold, investors’ appetite for physical silver is evaporating, according to precious metals analysts at Heraeus.
ASX-listed MRG Metals has confirmed significant levels of gallium returned from analytical results as the company works to define its Garies project resource, in South Africa's Northern Cape province.
Gold and silver prices should soon begin to benefit from lower oil prices as inflation expectations moderate and bond yields drop, while developments on the Pacific Rim suggest the gold market’s center of gravity may be shifting East, according to precious metals analysts at Heraeus.
BEIJING - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on BRICS countries to jointly respond to global challenges from Ebola to AI, and strengthen cooperation on strategic mineral resources, according to a statement from his ministry.
Canadian multinational streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation has once again been named to Corporate Knights' Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, ranking thirteenth overall in 2026.
MELBOURNE - Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), a minerals investment group backed by the US government, is in advanced discussions to establish three new public-private partnerships in Asia as it seeks to fund a $20-billion global pipeline of opportunities, executives told Reuters.
RIO DE JANEIRO - The EU is turning to Brazil as a strategic partner in its push to diversify its critical mineral supplies, offering a deal that it says will be beneficial to Brazil's development goals, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela told Reuters on Saturday.
