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Glencore Canada's Horne copper smelter in Québec
Glencore Canada's Horne copper smelter, in Québec
Canada's only copper smelter allowed leeway with air emission reductions, Glencore confirms
12th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Copper producer Glencore Canada has welcomed the Québec government's passage of Bill 11, which establishes a stable regulatory framework for the Horne Smelter operations through to 2033. This regulatory stability enables the company to... 


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UraniumX raises $700k for Murphy Lake uranium drilling in Saskatchewan
12th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian uranium explorer UraniumX has successfully closed an oversubscribed non-brokered private placement, raising $700 000 that it will use for ongoing diamond drilling at the Murphy Lake... 


Ravenswood gold mine, in Australia
Triple Flag acquires latest gold stream from Ravenswood mine in Australia
Updated 4 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Triple Flag Precious Metals Corporation has entered into an agreement to have its subsidiary, Triple Flag International, acquire a gold stream on the producing Ravenswood gold mine, in... 


Silver Storm doré bars
Silver Storm pours first silver bars from restarted La Parilla in Mexico
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Silver Storm Mining has achieved the first silver/gold doré bar pour at its La Parrilla silver mine in Mexico. This milestone was reached less than three years after Silver Storm... 


GNM completes maiden MRE for Nevada gold/silver project
GNM completes maiden MRE for Nevada gold/silver project
Updated 7 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Great Northern Minerals (GNM) has completed an inferred gold and silver mineral resource estimate (MRE) at its Iron Butte gold/silver project, in Nevada, in the US. The company says the... 


Estelle gold and antimony project, in Alaska
Australia's Nova Minerals lists as Alaskan antimony, gold explorer on NYSE
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

The NYSE will welcome on June 17 its newest gold and antimony producer, Nova Minerals Corporation. Nova's common stock and warrants have been approved for listing on the NYSE under the tickers... 


North American Niobium to fly airborne survey over four Québec properties
North American Niobium to fly airborne survey over four Québec properties
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Critical minerals miner North American Niobium and Critical Minerals Corp (NIOB) continues to advance multiple targets across its district-scale portfolio in Québec, Canada. The company notes that... 


Fluorspar heaps
West Cobar agrees to acquire fluorspar project in North America
Updated 4 hours ago By: Lumkile Nkomfe

In a low-cost acquisition structure, minerals exploration company West Cobar Metals has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in the Baxter fluorspar project, located in the US state of Nevada. This... 


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Alberta's Rocky Mountains
Singer, citizens may well manage to get new coal projects banned in Alberta
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

A petition launched by award-winning musician and sixth-generation Albertan Corb Lund together with the “Water Not Coal” campaign has garnered the minimum required signatures under Alberta’s... 


Blasting at a coal mine in Russia
India explores Russian coking coal assets, more nickel supplies, sources say
12th June 2026 By: Reuters

India's State-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and NMDC are exploring acquisitions of coking coal assets in Russia as New Delhi seeks to secure supplies of critical raw materials, Indian... 


Coal stockpiles in Australia
Chinese region promotes coal chemicals as energy security fix
12th June 2026 By: Bloomberg

One of China’s top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country’s climate goals. The Iran War has... 


Gold bars
Zimbabwe's State gold miner plans to double output by 2029 as expansion projects take off
Updated 2 hours 55 minutes ago By: Reuters

Zimbabwe's State-owned gold mining company Mutapa Gold Resources plans to double its annual output to 220 000 oz by 2029 after securing funding for an expansion project, according to production... 


Aldoro reports promising assay results from Namibia project
Updated 3 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported “compelling” assay results from diamond drill holes DD008G and DD005D at its flagship Kameelburg rare earth elements (REE)/strontium/niobium project, with... 


African Pioneer signs nonbinding term sheet with EPC, mine development group
African Pioneer signs nonbinding term sheet with EPC, mine development group
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed exploration and resource development company African Pioneer has signed a nonbinding term sheet with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and mine development group Hong Kong... 


Sharp rise in April mineral sales highlights importance of mining, council avers
Sharp rise in April mineral sales highlights importance of mining, council avers
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Barring the effects of the Middle East conflict and high fuel costs, South Africa’s total mineral sales could reach R995.5-billion for this year, if the trend in mineral sales continues at its... 


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Crude oil pouring from drilling rig well
Canada oil outages, bad weather to tighten inventories at key US storage hub 
12th June 2026 By: Reuters

Wet weather and a power outage at a major oil sands producer have contributed to crude export supply tightness out of Western Canada, which could tighten supplies to the key Cushing storage hub in... 


Vale chairperson Daniel Stieler
Vale's top shareholder pushes for meeting on chair's removal
12th June 2026 By: Reuters

Brazil's Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore producers, said on Thursday it received a request from its top shareholder, pension fund Previ, for a shareholders' meeting to vote on the removal... 


Coal stockpiles in Australia
Chinese region promotes coal chemicals as energy security fix
12th June 2026 By: Bloomberg

One of China’s top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country’s climate goals. The Iran War has... 


Blasting at a coal mine in Russia
India explores Russian coking coal assets, more nickel supplies, sources say
12th June 2026 By: Reuters

India's State-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and NMDC are exploring acquisitions of coking coal assets in Russia as New Delhi seeks to secure supplies of critical raw materials, Indian... 




A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.
Magazine round up | 12 June 2026
12th June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa to seek Cabinet approval soon to extend tariff discounts to more industries
11th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that he intends approaching Cabinet in the coming weeks to seek approval to extend concessional electricity tariffs similar to... 


Ferdinand Nel steps down as Copper 360 CFO, director
11th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Ferdinand Nel has resigned as CFO and executive director of South African copper producer Copper 360, with effect from June 8. The company assures shareholders that appropriate interim financial... 


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A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.
Magazine round up | 12 June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

EXPORTS RESUME: This month, the Maydon Wharf Agribulk Terminal, in Durban, handled its first maize vessel since December 2023, loading 40 000 t of export maize aboard MV Chang Hang Hong Hai destined for Vietnam. Terminal manager Sihle Mpungose said she was encouraged by the positive crop outlook for 2026 and said the terminal, which had recently been refurbished, was ready to support increased maize exports.
EXPORTS RESUME

This month, the Maydon Wharf Agribulk Terminal, in Durban, handled its first maize vessel since December 2023, loading 40 000 t of export maize aboard MV Chang Hang Hong Hai destined for Vietnam.... 

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Public-private collaboration is proving worthwhile

An important step towards stabilising the operations of important value-adding South African companies, preserving the jobs that go with them, and promoting a more sustainable future for them, has... 

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Distribution dilemma

During a recent joint meeting of the portfolio committees on electricity and energy and cooperative governance and traditional affairs it became clear there is some sympathy for Eskom when it comes... 

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 Japie du Plessis, MD of Cementation Africa
Japie du Plessis

This week we profile Japie du Plessis, MD of Cementation Africa, an underground contract mining company 

NO LONGER THEORETICAL: International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol has used the “vase is broken” analogy to describe the new global energy context following shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. “It has been always a question in the energy world . . . but it was a theoretical issue. Now it is real,” Birol said. This new reality meant that countries would pursue energy security policies premised on the potential of the waterway being closed yet again.
NO LONGER THEORETICAL:

International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol has used the “vase is broken” analogy to describe the new global energy context following shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.... 

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