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Port Hedland
BHP electrical workers vote ‘yes’ to strike at key Australian iron-ore export hub
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

Hundreds of iron-ore miner BHP’s electrical workers at Port Hedland, in Western Australia, have voted in favour of taking strike action, a union said on Thursday. The Electrical Trades Union said 100% of its members in the region endorsed work... 


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Japan gov backs new Shin-Etsu rare earth refinery build amid China's export control
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

Japanese rare earth magnet manufacturer Shin-Etsu Chemical plans to build a new rare earth refining facility in Fukui prefecture in western Japan to strengthen its supply chain, a spokesperson... 


Larvotto's Hillgrove gold and antimony plant
Australian metal developers Larvotto, Hammer propose $54m merger to enlarge copper portfolio
11th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed antimony and gold developer Larvotto Resources has entered into a binding scheme implementation deed under which Larvotto will acquire 100% ownership of fellow-listed base metals... 


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Lithium Ionic advises of possible litigation effort by vague Emerita shareholder group
Updated 6 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian lithium developer Lithium Ionic Corporation says it has become aware of a group claiming to be "significant shareholders" of Emerita Resources Corporation which applied to the Ontario... 


Alcoa refinery
Alcoa flags lower Australian alumina shipments after cyclone
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

US-based bauxite, alumina, and aluminum producer Alcoa Corporation expects shipments from its Pinjarra alumina refinery in Australia to fall by around 120 000t in the second quarter compared to the... 


Empire Metals' Pitfield titanium project in Western Australia
Empire Metals confirms premium titanium dioxide, alumina production viability in Pitfield flowheet
Updated 6 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Empire Metals has completed an integrated metallurgical processing flowsheet for the Pitfield titanium project, in Western Australia, capable of producing a premium 99% titanium dioxide... 


Represenatives from Hanwha and Frontier Lithium at a visit to Frontier's offices are (from left) Tomotaka Kawabata, Susumu Okabe, Byeong Joong Kim, Woo-young Chang, Trevor Walker, Erick Underwood, Greg Da Re and Takahiro Kume.
Frontier Lithium, Hanwha sign MoU to explore lithium value chain opportunities
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto- and Frankfurt-listed Frontier Lithium has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hanwha Corporation and Hanwha Ocean (collectively Hanwha) to establish a... 


Oil refinery in New Brunswick
India considering Canada as potential crude oil supplier, envoy says
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

India is considering Canada as a potential crude oil supplier, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik said on Wednesday at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alberta, adding that the country's newer... 


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US consumers show preference for natural diamonds, De Beers report shows
Updated 4 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Diamond miner De Beers has shared its latest research on US consumer trends in its latest 'US Diamond Acquisition Study' report, which found that jewellery that includes natural diamonds are the... 


Amaroq's Gold flotation circuit in Greenland
Greenland gold miner Amaroq achieves markedly higher recovery rates with new flotation circuit
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed gold miner Amaroq has successfully commissioned a flotation recovery circuit at the Nalunaq gold mine, in Iceland, which materially increases the plant's recovery rates. The process... 


Troilus copper and gold mine
Troilus hosts Québec officials at near-term copper mine
Updated 7 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Troilus Mining Corporation this week hosted representatives of the Québec government on site at the Troilus copper/gold project to announce its allocation of 70 MW of hydroelectric power... 


MC Mining enters into $9.94m unsecured convertible promissory notes
MC Mining enters into $9.94m unsecured convertible promissory notes
Updated 6 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX- and JSE-listed MC Mining has entered into binding agreements with Kinetic Development Group (KDG), the company's controlling shareholder, and Eagle Canyon International Group, a minority... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa to seek Cabinet approval soon to extend tariff discounts to more industries
Updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago 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
Updated 4 hours ago 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... 


The Ambatovy mine
Madagascan miner Ambatovy resumes nickel production after cyclone
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

Madagascan miner Ambatovy plans to produce 2 500 metric tons of nickel in June as it is restarting production after a cyclone hit it in February, the company told Reuters on Thursday. Cobalt... 


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China's control over indium phosphide exports threatens AI data centre rollout
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

Barely a week after Nvidia-backed chipmaker Coherent warned of a shortage of indium phosphide in an earnings call in early May, its CEO Jim Anderson was on a plane with a US business delegation... 


Newmont Ahafo gold pour
Venezuela deploys troops against illegal miners in key gold belt
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

Venezuela has deployed troops to target illegal groups controlling key gold deposits, according to local residents and human rights activists, as the government seeks to attract foreign investment... 


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Vale's AI-powered plant in Minas Gerais boosts productivity by 25%
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale inaugurated its first high-tech processing plant using AI after modernizing a facility in Minas Gerais State, the company said on Wednesday, achieving a 25% productivity gain... 


Oil refinery in New Brunswick
India considering Canada as potential crude oil supplier, envoy says
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

India is considering Canada as a potential crude oil supplier, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik said on Wednesday at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alberta, adding that the country's newer... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
10th June 2026

This week: South Africa can become strong value-add minerals player again, PyroFuZA points out and, Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals 


Frontier Rare Earths CEO James Kenny.
South Africa’s Zandkopsdrift rare earths project highlighted at Junior Indaba
10th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The Zandkopsdrift rare earths project in South Africa’s endowed Northern Cape was highlighted on day two of the Junior Indaba, which also learnt of the rapid forward momentum of West Wits Mining’s... 


Caledonia CEO Mark Learmonth
High-grade drill results demonstrate potential to extend Bilboes mine life
10th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Caledonia Mining says results from its 2025 exploration programme at the Motapa exploration property, in Zimbabwe, demonstrate the presence of significant gold mineralisation across... 


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Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
Magazine round up | 05 June 2026

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

LITHIUM EXTRACTION: Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’ Novandino Litio partnership set its latest projection after wrapping up design work on a project to introduce more direct ways to recover lithium from brine under the Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The venture plans to submit an environmental impact study to regulators in June. Photograph: Bloomberg
LITHIUM EXTRACTION:

Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’... 

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Deviant financial behaviour must be ruthlessly rooted out

Deeply infuriating is the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure of a very large number of South Africa’s municipalities. National Treasury’s steps to reform the local... 

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Virtue of necessity

Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the finalisation of a new draft of the national AI policy.... 

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Darryn Jacobs, MD of SkyJacks
Darryn Jacobs

This week we profile Darryn Jacobs, MD of SkyJacks, which offers a range of access and lifting equipment and related services  

IN A VICE GRIP: Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of road markings, as well as working streetlights and traffic lights. Eskom’s warning that it could interrupt power owing to the City of Johannesburg’s payment delinquency is unlikely to materialise. Nevertheless, the threat itself reinforced just how poorly South Africa’s economic hub is being governed.
IN A VICE GRIP:

Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of... 

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