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Ensuring the security of the country’s energy supplies and addressing energy poverty were objectives of the South African government, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe told...
Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has successfully concluded its due diligence of Project G, an openpit copper mining operation in Zambia, and has elected to acquire a majority interest in...
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Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed an agreement on Thursday to cooperate on strengthening supply chains in the two countries for lithium, cobalt and...
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Chen Jinghe was not long out of university when a government official handed him the assignment that would change his life. Go to Zijin mountain, he was told, and find gold. It was 1982, and the...
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Global mining major Rio Tinto has teamed up with UK-based lithium refinery developer Green Lithium to establish an end-to-end lithium supply chain for the UK and EU's automotive and battery...
Australian company Lithium Universe is progressing its strategy to address the “lithium conversion gap” in North America by establishing a Canada-based lithium chemicals operation. The company...
The execution of the life-of-mine extension has been delayed.
South Africa- and UK-listed Marula Mining has found, in a revised mine plan for the Kinusi copper mine, in Tanzania, that it can produce 24 000 t/y f high-grade copper concentrate from a large...
Half of the employees of the emerging Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s prospective Northern Cape were, as of June 30, made up of members of the host community towns of Prieska, Marydale,...
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed the Competition Commission’s approval of the Central Energy Fund’s (CEF's) application to acquire the South African Petroleum...
Lithium company Rock Tech has confirmed the economic and operational feasibility of constructing a lithium conversion facility in Red Rock, Ontario, following the completion of a scoping study....
Energy storage and automotive component manufacturer Metair says it will sell its troubled Mutlu operations in Türkiye to Quexco for R1.95-billion in cash. Mutlu forms part of Metair’s Energy...
Exploration and development company FPX Nickel said on Monday that it would initiate a scoping study for a Canadian refinery with the capacity to produce 32 000 t/y of nickel in sulphate. The...
A couple hours outside Houston, in a remote field near a Dow Chemical Co. plant, America’s bid to undercut China’s grip on the global supply of rare earth minerals critical to high technology has...
The City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) implementing agency, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), is focused on enhancing its project implementation unit and refining its project delivery model,...
German industrial pumps manufacturer Habermann Aurum Pumpen is set to showcase its latest innovations at MINExpo 2024 as the company responds to increasing demand for sustainable and durable...
Canadian cobalt refinery developer Electra Battery Materials on Tuesday announced a non-binding term sheet for a $20-million prepayment facility from a strategic player in the battery materials...
Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection and Certification, has been brokering trust between companies, governments, and society at large for nearly 200 years. Today, the company...
Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and commodities trader Trafigura are among suitors competing to buy Shell’s service stations in South Africa, according to people familiar with the matter....
In a press release published last month, it is noted that the upcoming Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) conference – with the theme ‘Crude to Commercial’ – will include a panel discussion on the country's...
Earlier in the year, metal processing and trading company Buenassa was provided $3.5-million as an initial tranche payment from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to establish...
Chinese lithium processors are ratcheting up hedging to offset wild swings in the battery metal, a sign that local futures launched around a year ago are gaining traction. Several companies have...
TSX-V-listed FPX Nickel has received a major boost as the province of British Columbia has selected the Baptiste nickel project to be part of the newly established Critical Minerals Office (CMO)...
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has reiterated that its target to reduce its greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 remains in place, but has also confirmed that it is refining its...
With about 80% of road crashes in South Africa caused by human error, fleet camera provider Optix, aims to facilitate, monitor and maintain positive human behaviour shifts geared towards safer...
Industry specialists from across the mining and industrial sectors of the economy will deliver a programme of highly informative free-to-attend seminars at Electra Mining Africa, taking place at...
Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded a €500-million green loan financing facility through its subsidiary, Keliber Technology Oy.
Research on the project has shown that direct reduced iron produced using the HYBRIT process has superior characteristics, compared with iron produced using fossil fuels.
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The development of the hydrogen economy and the latent potential offtake for platinum group metals (PGMs) is a key underpin to the long-term view of future demand and the role PGMs will play in a...
In the competitive landscape of the electrical rotating machines industry, quality consciousness is more than a buzzword — it is a fundamental ethos that drives excellence and customer...
The New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by the Bingman Catchment Landcare Group against the project.
The proposed battery anode facility will be capable of producing commercial-scale graphite anode active material for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicle applications.
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JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has executed a €500-million green loan financing facility for its Keliber lithium project, in Finland, through its subsidiary Keliber Technology Oy. The...
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