"The US government needs to stop giving lip service to permitting," Richard Adkerson told Reuters.

The Barrick Academy will be training more than 2,000 foremen, supervisors and superintendents from the Africa and Middle East region in the next 24 months.

Weak platinum group metal prices are projected to last for the next 12 to 18 months.

PT Vale Indonesia is exploring a potential investment in a high-pressure acid leaching plant in Sulawesi island.

So far, sanctions have not been imposed, but they are still on the agenda in the EU.

The newly acquired Ensham mine is forecast to ramp up output to about 4 million tons by 2026 from 2.9 million tons last year.

A consortium led by Golden Energy is sounding out private credit funds to finance its $1.65 billion acquisition of South32's Illawarra coal operation in Australia.

This will push production of copper cathodes and precious metals up to full capacity in the second half of 2026 at the Ronnskar facility.