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The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has released its latest annual safety report, revealing that fatalities last year increased across the 24 companies it groups.

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday launched a task force backed by security forces to address illegal gold trading, as Africa’s top producer seeks to recover billions of dollars lost to smuggling.

Mitchall Mines and Minerals Limited is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2025-2026 diamond drill program at its 60%-owned Arapiccos project in Ecuador.

Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. (TSXV: SPA) has unveiled an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its Spanish Mountain gold project in British Columbia, revealing significant revisions that increase both the project’s Net Present Value (NPV) and capital expenditures (capex). The revised study outlines a more robust economic outlook while also reflecting the rising costs and expanded scope of development.

Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT) announced this week that its Vareš silver operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has reached commercial production.

Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) has expanded its North American exploration portfolio with the acquisition of Reyna Silver (TSXV: RSLV) in an all-cash deal valued at C$36 million ($26m).

Metal producers in the European Union are lobbying the bloc to impose export duties or curbs on scrap metal shipments “in the next few weeks” to stem a sharp increase in flows to the United States caused by the Trump administration’s trade policies.

Cobalt futures prices in China surged to levels last seen mid-March on Monday after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended its concentrate export ban first instituted in February.

Canada’s Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has unveiled a strategic growth plan designed to catapult the company to the status of the world’s top ten copper producers.

Platinum fell by the most in more than three years as market tightness began to ease and conflict in the Middle East prompted global investors to reduce risk.

China’s coal imports could drop by up to 100 million metric tons in 2025, an official at a major industry group said, potentially putting further pressure on key price benchmarks already trading at multi-year lows.

Mitchall Mines and Minerals Limited have agreed to enter in to a feasibility study at a recently closed project in the north-west of Yukon, Canada.