Non-profit Pact launched the program Mines to Markets to emphasise the vital role the artisanal and small-scale mining industry, and to help improve it rather than attack those who subsist...

Exploration company St George Mining has confirmed nickel discovery at the Radar prospect within its flagship Mt Alexander project in the north-eastern Goldfields, Western Australia. The first drill hole MAD152...

Chinese mining firm Zijin has announced intent to increase its stake in Canada-based company Ivanhoe Mines to 13.88%. The private share purchase and sale transaction will be reached with China’s...

Pure Gold Mining has intersected gold mineralisation at its Madsen Mine project in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The gold was intersected midway between the high grade eight zone at depth...

British-Swiss multinational Glencore has signed a five-year deal with Chinese company GEM to supply a minimum of 61,200 tonnes of cobalt per year starting from 2020. The fee for the...

This year, the World Bank unveiled a new fund to support initiatives that encourage mineral extraction that is both financially prosperous and environmentally considerate. The Climate-Smart Mining Facility will see...

Australian mining and utilities services provider CAPE has won a contract from metals and mining company Rio Tinto. The contract, which is valued at A$12 ($8m), is for the Robe...

South Africa-based Impala Platinum Holdings has agreed to buy 100% of Canadian platinum group metals miner North American Palladium (NAP) shares. NAP’s majority shareholder Brookfield Business Partners holds 81.0% of...

Mining services company Capital Drilling has secured a five-year contract to provide a full range of mining services at Allied Gold’s Bonikro gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire. Capital Drilling has...

Mining remains one of, if not the, most dangerous industries in the world. In 2018, more than 15,000 deaths were reported globally according to The World Counts, a figure many...