This month’s mining news headlines reflect a sector in transition, with companies returning to exploration, governments tightening control over resources, and markets responding to strong precious metals demand. Strategic deals, policy shifts in Africa, and long‑term copper and gold fundamentals shaped the month’s developments. Major Projects BHP – Zambia Copper Exploration: BHP is returning to […]

This Earth Day, we reflect on some of our favourite placements we have made in the ESG space. These roles highlight how leadership shapes responsible, sustainable outcomes across the global resources sector. ________________________________________ Head of Sustainability 📍 United Kingdom Stratum International placed a Head of Sustainability to support Appian’s base metals business, reporting directly to […]

This month brings a new set of key global mining updates across projects, regulation and market activity. The sector is shifting quickly as companies invest, governments adjust policy and commodity demand continues to rise. Major Projects Rio Tinto – Zulti South Restart: Rio Tinto has approved R8.5bn to restart the Zulti South project. The move […]

At the 121 Mining Conference in Cape Town, a panel of leaders from investment, energy, and mining discussed energy reform, infrastructure bottlenecks and capital flows across Zambia and the Copperbelt, highlighting the growing importance of leadership and talent in mining. But what stood out to us was this: Behind every reform, every financing breakthrough, every […]

Interview by Caitlin McLintock To celebrate Women’s Month, I sat down with Palesa Maloka, Consultant at Stratum International to reflect on her journey as a young woman contributing to the mining sector. Palesa supports senior leadership appointments across the industry, working with executive teams to identify talent capable of shaping the future of mining. She […]

Reflecting on a busy week at Mining Indaba 2026 in Cape Town, one thing became immediately clear: one theme echoed consistently across every conversation, from new project build outs and early stage exploration programmes to steady state operations and distressed assets seeking capital or optimisation: Strong, future ready leadership remains a key ingredient for success. […]

Asset logic can be the easy part. As merger speculation swirls around Glencore and Rio Tinto, the real question is how leadership, decision-making, and risk actually work when operating models collide. Drawing on her deep experience in capital-intensive, high-risk environments, our Managing Director Nichole McCulloch explains why value rarely leaks through assets — it leaks […]