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KEY POINTS Central banks added 321 tonnes of gold in the third quarter, a 42% annual increase. Gold-backed ETFs attracted 211 tonnes …

KEY POINTS Simandou is offsetting iron-ore supply declines elsewhere. Guinea exported 8.9 million tons in the third quarter Iron-ore prices have fallen …

Minister Dele Alake says Nigeria must invest in practical skills for young geoscientists if its mining sector is to turn mineral wealth …

KEY POINTS Cheam First Nation is challenging the fast-tracked approval process for the Pacific Link pipeline. The proposed pipeline would transport up …

KEY POINTS Kavango Resources has commissioned a 50-tonne-per-day gold processing plant in Zimbabwe. The company is targeting gold recovery rates of 90% …

KEY POINTS Largo has started producing copper, gold, platinum and palladium as vanadium by-products. Nine-month vanadium production rose 23% year on year …

KEY POINTS Chile’s 2026 copper output is forecast to fall 8.4% to 4.94 million tons. Production is expected to recover by 3% …

KEY POINTS Vale says extraordinary dividends are unlikely in 2026 after third-quarter core profit fell 20%. Around 160 million tons of global …

KEY POINTS Rio Tinto has begun gradually restarting underground mining at Oyu Tolgoi after safety reviews. A seismic event on October 29 …