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The bankable feasibility study is expected before the end of the first quarter of 2025.
British mining company GreenRoc Strategic Materials has received a letter of interest from the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark to provide funding for the project.
Australian coal miner New Hope Group announced a resolution to the long-standing legal challenges of the project on January 14.
Australian mining company Arafura Rare Earths will receive A$200-million from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund to support the Nolans mine.
Platinum Group Metals is in discussions with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum, to negotiate formal metal concentrate offtake arrangements for the project.
TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals Corp has secured a 50-year special economic zone (SEZ) investor licence for its battery-grade manganese commercial plant site, in Botswana. The licence designates...
South Africa’s wine export sector experienced a steadily contracting global wine market last year, with modest value growth achieved, nonprofit Wines of South Africa (WoSA) CEO Siobhan Thompson...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has released an alternative to Eskom’s proposed retail tariff plan (RTP) ahead of public hearings into the plan, which proposes far-reaching changes to the...
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The fourth edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), held last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hosted a pioneer Africa leadership roundtable, part of a series of regional roundtables that brought...
Indian steelmaking tycoon Lakshmi Mittal met with South African ministers in Davos this week as the country seeks to head off the planned closure of steel mills that are crucial to the local...
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Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi is seeking a new path for South Africa’s second-largest polluter to reach its emissions target after doubling down on coal to run its fuel and chemicals production. The...
South African think tank, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), has warned that the EU’s European Green Deal strategic roadmap could pose a challenge for South African agriculture, in...
An optimised prefeasibility study (OPFS) for the Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, completed with oversight from a technical committee appointed by Sovereign Metals and Rio Tinto, has...
Woodside Energy, Australia's top independent oil and gas producer, flagged output would be flat in 2025 after reporting fourth quarter revenue in line with forecasts, though realised prices were...
The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) says the sector remains vulnerable to renewed outbreaks of avian influenza, particularly as many European countries and most of the US are currently...
Africa’s energy landscape is rapidly evolving, with natural gas emerging as a cornerstone for economic growth and energy security. The Africa Energy Indaba 2025, taking place from 4–6 March 2025...
The newly branded naamsa Automotive Trade Manual publication is the official source of all the key automotive data in South Africa and the apex automotive publication in the country. The five-month...
Billionaire-backed ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA's) plans to shut down a century-old steel mill in South Africa are holding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dream of fostering a $257-billion...
Global natural gas markets reached an all-time high last year and are set to remain tight in 2025 despite an ongoing rebalancing following the supply shock of 2022/23, the International Energy...
President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a sweeping plan to maximize oil and gas production, including by declaring a national energy emergency to speed permitting, rolling back environmental...
China, the world's top coal importer, bought less Russian coal in 2024 while increasing purchases from other key suppliers, led by Australia, during a record year for coal imports, customs data...
The Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan is expected to generate approximately $74-billion in free cash flow over the next 37 years, based on consensus long-term prices, the CEO of joint...
Australia's Port Hedland, the world's largest iron-ore export hub, has resumed operations after cyclone Sean moved away from the port, the Pilbara Ports Authority said on Monday. The port off the...
Johannesburg-, Sydney and London-listed globally diversified mining and metals company South32 on Monday reported a sufficiently strong start to the year to enable it to maintain production...
US Agency for International Development private sector programme Prosper Africa and trade financing company African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a new memorandum of understanding...
The South African Communist Party (SACP) stated on Friday that aside from urgently stopping the closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) domestic steel mills and rail-fabrication plant,...
The attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture for the fourth quarter was 70 000 t, resulting in a marginal increase of approximately 0.3% in production for the...
Botswana's economy is expected to grow 3% to 4% in 2025 after a contraction last year, a senior government official said at a budget workshop on Friday, as the global diamond market is anticipated...
Martin Creamer talks about ferroalloy market share, platinum group metals and the green hydrogen economy.
Set to be a transformative event for the food and beverage industry, the Africa Food Show 2025, which will take place on June 10 to 12, offers a “vibrant platform for networking, collaboration and...
Recognising hydrogen’s potential as a clean energy source to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions, the Southern African Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference, taking place on April 7 and...
A bilateral country project involving the Electric Mission in South Africa and the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association has engaged the South African government, including the National Treasury...
Why? Yes, let’s start the year with a ‘why’. Why did the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) announce the initiation of its safeguard investigation in the...
News that the struggling Newcastle Works will close at the end of this month is yet another painful reminder of South Africa’s ongoing deindustrialisation. The development itself is not surprising,...
New-vehicle sales in the domestic market declined by 3% in 2024, to 515 712 units, compared with 2023. This follows 0.5% growth in 2023, a 13.9% increase in 2022, and a 22.2% jump in 2021.
Legislation signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in late December introduces a 150% investment allowance for any capital investment made to enable the production of electric and hydrogen...
The cornerstone of South Africa's long-steel production industry is facing an existential crisis as Arcelor Mittal South Africa (AMSA) continues in their endeavors to pursue the South African...
In this article, financial services provider DG Capital's Imraan Mukadam and Shaun Nel write that the need to gear all levers across government, especially through dedicated incentives towards the...
Greenland-focused GreenRoc Strategic Materials has received a letter of interest from the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) to provide funding for the company’s Amitsoq graphite project,...
Athens-listed industrial and energy company Metlen Energy & Metals has confirmed that it will proceed with the implementation of a new large-scale investment in the production of bauxite, alumina...
The trade outlook in December remained well into positive territory, but present trade activity is still in negative territory, according to business organisation the South African Chamber of...
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