Indonesia has delayed plans to extract more revenue from the mining sector until it can figure out an "ideal formulation" that benefits both the government and mining firms, the country's mining minister said on Monday.

China's imports of refined copper are set to rise in the second quarter of this year, driven by strong demand and potentially lower domestic output because of smelter maintenance, analysts and traders said.

Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC) has successfully completed the project development strategy programme for its Zanaga iron-ore project, in Congo-Brazzaville, which now includes the results of a technical and commercial evaluation of the process flowsheet to produce premium-quality direct reduced iron (DRI) pellet feed concentrates.

India and Peru will probably hold the next round of talks on a proposed free trade pact next month, a senior Peruvian diplomat told Reuters, adding that a deal could be signed by the end of the year.

Colombia's government on Friday said it will ask miner Glencore to meet with authorities in the northern province of La Guajira as well as community representatives to discuss the closure of the Cerrejon coal mine, one of the world's largest openpit coal mines, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said in a statement on Friday.

Mining giant Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) hosted president Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit to the Richards Bay region on May 7, marking his first official visit to the company’s operations.

South African gold mining company Gold Fields on Thursday May 4 listed “significant increases” in a number of key commodities since the start of the US-Iran war.

Emmerson Resources on May 8 registered its scheme booklet with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

As traditional ore grades continue to decline and global demand for critical minerals increases, historic tailings dams and mine waste deposits present strategic, high-value resource assets, with the potential to turn mining waste from an environmental liability into a multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity, and South Africa stands to benefit from this with its resources.

American Eagle Gold Corporation has announced its largest yet drill programme, at the Nakinilerak (NAK) project, with more than 50 000 m of expansion drilling planned in the next ten months.