Barrick Launches $3 Billion Share Buyback Ahead of North American Spinout 1 Corporate News Gold International 

Barrick Launches $3 Billion Share Buyback Ahead of North American Spinout

Barrick Mining Announces $3 Billion Share Buyback as Gold Prices Drive Strong Earnings Growth Barrick Mining has announced a $3 billion share buyback program as the company moves to strengthen shareholder returns ahead of the planned spinout and public listing of its North American assets. The Toronto-based gold producer unveiled the repurchase plan after reporting strong first-quarter financial results, supported by record gold prices and solid free cash flow generation. The move expands the company’s shareholder return strategy following a $500 million buyback completed late last year. Barrick is preparing… Read More Here
Kamoa Copper Expands Green Energy with New 30 MW Solar Deal 2 Mining in DRC Corporate News Green Energy 

Kamoa Copper Expands Green Energy with New 30 MW Solar Deal

Kamoa Copper Expands Renewable Energy Strategy with 30 MW Solar PPA and 581 MWh Battery Storage in DRC Kamoa Copper and Green World Energie have signed a second Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for an additional 30 MW of renewable energy capacity, marking a major milestone in Phase II of their solar energy development project. The initiative is designed to strengthen the energy supply for the Kamoa-Kakula mining complex while accelerating the site’s decarbonization efforts. The new phase of the project will deploy an advanced hybrid energy solution that combines solar… Read More Here
Trafigura Partners Egyptalum on Major Aluminium Smelter Expansion in Egypt 3 Corporate News Aluminium International 

Trafigura Partners Egyptalum on Major Aluminium Smelter Expansion in Egypt

Trafigura and Egyptalum Plan Up to US$900 Million Aluminium Smelter Project in Egypt Global commodities trader Trafigura has entered into exclusive negotiations with Egyptian Aluminium Company (Egyptalum) and Metallurgical Industries Holding Company (MIH) to develop a major new primary aluminium smelter in Egypt at an estimated cost of between US$750 million and US$900 million. Under the proposed agreement, the parties plan to establish a new company that will build, own, and operate a 300,000-tonne-per-year primary aluminium smelter and a 150,000-tonne-per-year anode plant at Egyptalum’s Nag Hammadi industrial complex. Once operational,… Read More Here
Ivanhoe Mines Posts Q1 Loss After Kamoa-Kakula Tax Hit Despite Strong Copper Expansion Push 4 Mining in DRC Cobalt Copper Corporate News Taxes 

Ivanhoe Mines Posts Q1 Loss After Kamoa-Kakula Tax Hit Despite Strong Copper Expansion Push

Ivanhoe Mines Reports Q1 2026 Loss Amid Kamoa-Kakula Tax Settlement and Expands Copper Growth Strategy Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian mining company, reported a net loss of $2-million and a total comprehensive loss of $35 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. This marks a sharp reversal from the same period in 2025, when the company recorded a profit of $122-million and total comprehensive income of $128 million. The company attributed the decline mainly to its share of losses from the Kamoa Holding joint venture in the Democratic Republic of… Read More Here
Jubilee Metals Reports Strong Copper Output Growth as Zambia Expansion Gains Momentum 5 Mining in Zambia Copper Corporate News 

Jubilee Metals Reports Strong Copper Output Growth as Zambia Expansion Gains Momentum

Jubilee Metals Boosts Copper Production by 29% Amid Roan Ramp-Up and Molefe Mine Expansion Zambia-focused copper producer and resource developer Jubilee Metals has reported a 28.7% year-on-year increase in total saleable copper production, reaching 2,177 tonnes for the nine months ended March 31. Output from the Roan concentrator surged to 1,999 tonnes of copper units, marking a 112.7% increase compared with the same period last year. At the Sable refinery, copper cathode production rose to 957 tonnes, up from 751 tonnes recorded in the corresponding period of 2025. Commissioning of… Read More Here
Virtus Minerals Advances Chemaf Takeover in DRC with Key Regulatory Review 6 Mining in DRC Copper Corporate News Mergers & Acquisitions 

Virtus Minerals Advances Chemaf Takeover in DRC with Key Regulatory Review

Virtus Minerals Moves Forward with Chemaf Acquisition in DR Congo, Strengthening Oversight of Copper and Cobalt Assets The acquisition of Chemaf’s mining assets has entered a critical administrative phase in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On April 29, 2026, the Director General of the Mining Registry, Popol Mabolia Yenga, met with the Chairman of the Board of Virtus Minerals, the new owner of Chemaf. Chemaf (Congo Eastern Mining Frontier) primarily operates mining sites in the southern provinces of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga, at the heart of the country’s copper belt… Read More Here
Andrada Mining Defers £7.7m Loan Repayment to Fund Expansion at Namibia’s Uis Mine 7 International Corporate News 

Andrada Mining Defers £7.7m Loan Repayment to Fund Expansion at Namibia’s Uis Mine

Andrada Mining Delays £7.7m Convertible Loan Repayment to 2027 to Accelerate Uis Mine Expansion in Namibia Andrada Mining Limited has postponed the repayment of £7.7 million in convertible loan notes by one year, extending the maturity date to July 2027 as it prioritises expansion at its Uis Mine in Namibia and aims to scale production across its critical minerals portfolio. Loan restructuring terms revised The company confirmed it has amended loan notes originally issued in July 2023. Key changes include: The £7.7 million facility was raised through the issuance of… Read More Here
Glencore Reports Mixed Q1 Output as Copper Rises and Coal Production Declines 8 International Coal Copper Corporate News 

Glencore Reports Mixed Q1 Output as Copper Rises and Coal Production Declines

Glencore Q1 Results: Copper Output Up 19% While Coal Production Falls 22% Amid Weather and Operational Disruptions Diversified mining and commodities group Glencore reported mixed production results for the first quarter, with strong growth in copper output offset by declines in steelmaking coal and cobalt production, alongside stable performance in other segments. Steelmaking coal output falls sharply Glencore’s steelmaking coal production fell 22% year-on-year to 6.5 million tonnes. The decline was driven by pit sequencing changes at Elk Valley Resources in Canada, adverse weather conditions in Queensland, Australia, and a… Read More Here
Cat® Unveils Battery Electric Power Unit at IFAT 2026, Turning Electrification Into a Drop-In Solution 9 International Corporate News Equipment & Technology 

Cat® Unveils Battery Electric Power Unit at IFAT 2026, Turning Electrification Into a Drop-In Solution

Electrifying Industrial Equipment: Cat® BEPU Makes Its Debut at IFAT 2026 On May 1, 2026, Caterpillar announced the first public showcasing of its prototype Cat® Battery Electric Power Unit (BEPU), marking a significant step forward in the electrification of industrial machinery. The debut will take place at IFAT 2026 in Munich from May 4–7, where the BEPU will be integrated into a Doppstadt SWS 6 Spiral Shaft Separator. A Practical Approach to Electrification The Cat BEPU is engineered as a real-world solution to simplify and accelerate the transition from diesel… Read More Here
CEC Commissions Itimpi II Solar Plant, Boosting Zambia’s Renewable Energy Capacity 10 Mining in Zambia Corporate News Energy 

CEC Commissions Itimpi II Solar Plant, Boosting Zambia’s Renewable Energy Capacity

Zambia Expands Solar Power: CEC Launches 136MW Itimpi II Plant to Strengthen Energy Security The Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) Group has commissioned the 136MW Itimpi II Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plant in Kitwe, marking a major expansion of its renewable energy portfolio and reinforcing Zambia’s transition toward a more diversified energy mix. With the addition of Itimpi II, CEC’s total installed solar capacity rises from 94MW to 230MW. This makes it the largest operational solar facility in Zambia and among the top three in sub-Saharan Africa.  The project was delivered… Read More Here

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