Brazil

By Tapiwa Samanga Every June, South Africa observes Youth Month, a time to honour the courage and sacrifice of the generation of 1976. Five decades later, the struggle facing young people has... 

TSX-listed Aclara Resources said on Tuesday it had received the final environmental greenlight for its Penco Module rare-earths project in Chile's Biobio region, a key step that moves the company... 

Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), a minerals investment group backed by the US government, is in advanced discussions to establish three new public-private partnerships in Asia as it... 

The EU is turning to Brazil as a strategic partner in its push to diversify its critical mineral supplies, offering a deal that it says will be beneficial to Brazil's development goals, EU... 

Boardmembers of Vale, the world’s top iron-ore producer, voted against a proposal by one of the company’s largest shareholders to remove Daniel André Stieler as chairperson, according to people... 

NYSE-listed Brazil Potash Corporation has awarded a second front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for mine shafts and underground development at the Autazes project to WSP, with Redpath... 

Vale announced the implementation of the Gongo Soco circular mining project in April 2026 as part of its Circular Mining Program – Waste to Value. 

As critical minerals become increasingly central to global industrial strategy, a growing divergence is emerging between how major economies and leading South American mineral-producing nations are... 

Africa must strengthen its agency in global energy governance and green industrialisation as shifting geopolitical dynamics and accelerating energy transitions reshape global trade and investment... 

The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of Tongaat Hulett have reached an agreement with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and the Vision Group of companies to preserve... 

London- and Toronto-listed Meridian Mining has intercepted a new volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) layer of strong precious and base metals mineralisation at the Santa Helena project, in Brazil.... 

New Development Bank is lending South Africa $1-billion for the State to upgrade infrastructure in its eight biggest cities, Business Day reported. The so-called metropolitan municipalities will... 

Brazilian miner Vale plans to invest up to 13-billion reais ($2.56-billion) in decarbonization initiatives to meet its voluntary emissions reduction targets and mitigate climate-related risks, a... 

ASX-listed Resouro Strategic Metals says it has delivered on a “major milestone” with the completion of the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for a starter operation at its flagship Tiros rare... 

Goldman Sachs on Thursday lowered its 2027 average Brent oil price forecast to $80/bbl, citing stronger supply growth and persistent demand weakness, even as it warned prices could swing sharply... 

Brazil's Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore producers, said on Thursday it received a request from its top shareholder, pension fund Previ, for a shareholders' meeting to vote on the removal... 

Aclara Resources plans to develop an openpit ionic-clay rare earths operation producing a mixed rare-earth concentrate product for further processing in the company's planned separation facility,... 

There is “growing strain on the rules-based trading system” – as outlined by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – “amid escalating trade tensions and compliance challenges”. These words were... 

The South African Sorghum Bioethanol Study, produced by market research and strategy company BluePrint and commissioned by the Localisation Support Fund, shows that there are viable commercial...