US company Albemarle has concluded the transaction with Mineral Resources Limited (MRL) under the asset sale and share subscription agreement. The agreement was initially signed on 14 December 2018 and...

Industrial minerals and technology company Syrah Resources has achieved first production of purified spherical graphite from its battery anode material (BAM) plant in Vidalia, Louisiana, US. The production used Syrah’s...

Brazilian miner Vale has been authorised by local regulator National Mining Agency (NMA) to resume operations at its Alegria mining site, which were interrupted in March. Operations at the mine...

US-China trade war The most significant economic dispute of what EB Tucker called our new “fractured world” has a significant impact on mining, with the US and China dominating the...

Katoro Gold has announced that it is considering to further extend the deadline for the proposed sale of the Imweru gold project. The deadline for the proposed acquisition of the...

Australia’s mineral sands major Iluka Resources is considering structural separation of the Mining Area C royalty (MAC) through demerger. MAC is a large iron ore mining area operated by BHP...

Gold producer Newmont Goldcorp has announced the start of commercial production at the Quecher Main project at Yanacocha in Peru. The Quecher Main project is aimed at extending the life...

The Peruvian Government has reportedly given the go-ahead for Southern Copper’s $1.4bn Tia Maria project in the southern Islay province of the Arequipa region. Reuters reported that the government has...

A key player in the global shift towards low-emission living, lithium mining is more important now than it has ever been and often regarded as one of the most valuable...

Petra Diamonds has launched an artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) initiative in the Free State town of Koffiefontein, South Africa. According to Petra, the launch comes after extensive consultation and cooperation...