Montage Gold on Friday announced a binding scheme implementation deed to acquire all shares in ASX-listed African Gold that it did not already own, in a transaction that strengthened the company’s project pipeline in Côte d’Ivoire with the addition of the advanced-stage Didievi gold project to its portfolio.

Jubilee Metals Group has signed a cooperation and project development agreement with Galileo Resources to accelerate exploration and development at the Molefe mine, in Zambia, with Galileo able to earn up to a 23.75% interest in the project through a $700 000 investment in resource work.

The Cinovec lithium project has been awarded a €360-million grant by Czech Republic, project owner European Metals announced on Friday.

Fortuna Mining's Séguéla mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of efforts to extend the project’s life-of-mine (LoM).

Petra Diamonds has announced a series of board appointments following its AGM on November 27, including that of Vivek Gadodia and Juan Kemp as permanent joint CEOs of the company.

Fitch Solutions unit BMI expects iron-ore prices to settle at a yearly average of $95/t in 2026, slightly down from $97/t this year, as prices come under pressure from additional supply coming online from the Simandou project, in Guinea, while Mainland Chinese domestic demand remains weak on the back of the struggling construction industry.

Global bauxite production growth is expected to slow to 2% this year, reaching 451.3-million tonnes, after forecasts were revised down by BMI – A Fitch Solutions company – in its ‘Global Bauxite Mining Outlook’ report published this week.

Investment company Mantengu Mining has reported a wider comprehensive loss of R42.8-million for the six months ended August 31, compared with a R3-million profit in the comparable six months of 2024.

China's decision to shelve a series of planned copper smelters is unlikely to have an impact on historically tight markets unless it is followed by more measures to curb output in the world's largest refined copper producer, industry insiders said.

Australian major Rio Tinto is preparing to divest its US boron operations in California as the company continues to streamline its portfolio under new CEO Simon Trott, news service Bloomberg reported this week, citing people familiar with the matter.