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Heraeus Business Line Hydrogen Systems head Dr Philipp Walter
Far-reaching platinum hydrogen package launched at European Hydrogen Week
18th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

A new brand that offers a comprehensive portfolio of hydrogen application support off a single platinum group metals (PGMs) company base has been launched at the European Hydrogen Week 2024 by... 


Hastings' Yangibana project
Wyloo wants Hastings to explain debt repayments
15th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has requested that the board of rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals explain how it intends to repay its debt to the company and to clarify its position... 


Copper price could fall to $8 500 as Trump win boosts dollar, threatens demand
Copper price could fall to $8 500 as Trump win boosts dollar, threatens demand
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

Copper prices could fall towards $8 500 a metric ton within the next four months on expectations that demand will be hurt by potential trade disruptions when Donald Trump returns to the White House... 


Donald Trump
Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7 500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct... 


Australian PM Anthony Albanese
Australia eyes US climate policy shift for green energy boost
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

Any move by the Trump administration to change US climate policy could benefit Australia's ambitions to attract greater investment to its critical minerals and green energy industry, Prime Minister... 


Roger Baxter and Johan Odendaal.
South Africa back on investor radar screen, Roger Baxter reports
14th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter said on Thursday. This follows the... 


Lithium in nascent recovery, but longer-term outlook still bleak
Lithium in nascent recovery, but longer-term outlook still bleak
14th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese electric vehicle demand and supply cuts, although analysts caution there’s still likely to be a surplus of the battery metal in 2025.... 


BHP's Spence mine
BHP set to detail copper growth plans on Chile roadshow, analysts say
14th November 2024 By: Reuters

BHP Group is likely to flesh out plans next week to spend at least $7-billion over the coming years to recover more metal from the world's biggest copper mine, Escondida in Chile, investors and... 


Lake Resources if focusing on the Kachi project
Lake Resources sells noncore assets to focus on Kachi
13th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Lake Resources on Wednesday announced a sale agreement with Austroid to sell three of its lithium brine assets in Argentina for $9-million. The assets, including tenements at Paso de... 


Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku
South Africa has impressively low battery manganese incentive price, Mintek@90 hears
11th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s current process of dissolving the world’s purest manganese metal to make battery grade manganese has got the lowest incentive price of any of the new, non-Chinese high-purity... 


Syrah receives first $53m disbursement from DFC loan
11th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Syrah Resources has announced that its subsidiary, Twigg Exploration and Mining, has received the first disbursement of $53 million from its loan agreement with the US... 


Critical Minerals Africa Group launched
8th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Critical minerals industry stakeholders on November 7 launched the Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG), with the aim of strengthening relationships between Africa and global markets, empowering... 


Ahead of Rio Tinto buyout, Arcadium's profit dips on sliding lithium prices
Ahead of Rio Tinto buyout, Arcadium's profit dips on sliding lithium prices
8th November 2024 By: Reuters

Arcadium, the lithium producer that has agreed to sell itself to Rio Tinto, posted an 82% drop in quarterly income on Thursday that missed Wall Street's expectations due to sliding prices of the... 


Charger exercises Bynoe lithium pre-emptive right
Charger exercises Bynoe lithium pre-emptive right
7th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Critical minerals company Charger Metals is taking full charge at the Bynoe lithium project after exercising its pre-emptive rights to acquire the remaining 30% of the lithium project from fellow... 


Albemarle loses more than $1bn on falling lithium prices
Albemarle loses more than $1bn on falling lithium prices
7th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Albemarle, the world's largest lithium producer, said on Thursday it lost more than $1 billion in the third quarter and that it would slash its capital budget amid a 71% drop in prices for the... 


Bolt Baatar
Rio Tinto exec asks Trump Administration to speed up permitting
7th November 2024 By: Reuters

US President-elect Donald Trump's new administration should focus on speeding up the permitting process to ensure there is enough copper for the energy transition, said a Rio Tinto executive on... 


Ionic announces MoU to establish Brazil magnet supply chain
6th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths is advancing its integration into the Brazilian magnet supply chain with the company’s Viridion joint venture (JV) with fellow listed Viridis Mining and Minerals... 


Republican Presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump next to his wife Melania Trump.
Trump return will slow, not stop, US clean energy boom
6th November 2024 By: Reuters

Donald Trump's return to the White House will refocus the nation's energy policy onto maximising oil and gas production and away from fighting climate change, but the Republican win in Tuesday's... 


The fish-to-dragon 1kg platinum investment bar. Picture: China Gold Coin Group.
Investment demand for platinum in China strengthens with launch of new platinum bar
5th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The appeal of platinum as an investment asset is being increasingly recognised by Chinese investors, which is resulting in China becoming one of the most important investment markets for platinum... 


Drilling at the Kambale graphite project in Ghana
Ghana sovereign wealth fund invests $2m in graphite project
5th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian junior Castle Minerals will accelerate its graphite production plans in Ghana – a country that has ambitions to establish West Africa’s first critical minerals hub. Castle on Tuesday... 


FBM sells Nevada lithium project to focus on WA assets
4th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian firm Future Battery Minerals (FBM) has announced the sale of its 80% interest in the Nevada lithium project to a Texas-headquartered company for A$4-million in cash. This sale will... 


Former Sasol, RBPlat CFO Hanré Rossouw
Former Sasol, Royal Bafokeng Platinum CFO now leading Madagascar graphite advance
1st November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

As the new president and CEO of the Canada-listed NextSource Materials – which is chaired by former South African mining luminary and one-time Eskom finance director Sir Mick Davis – the ex-Sasol... 


Balama is one of the biggest integrated graphite mining and processing operations globally.
$150m DFC loan for Africa graphite mine
1st November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved a $150-million loan to support the development of the Balama graphite mine, in Mozambique. The loan agreement follows a... 


The Minto mine is among the first mines in Canadian history to be bought by an Indigenous group.
Abandoned copper mines embraced as fast track to boost output
1st November 2024 By: Reuters

In the race to secure copper for the clean energy transition and artificial intelligence applications, a range of companies are firing up abandoned assets once seen as financial liabilities to... 


Argentina Lithium wins local authority approval to kick off exploration push
1st November 2024 By: Reuters

Local mining officials in northwest Argentina have approved a two-year permit for Argentina Lithium & Energy to kick off exploration efforts in the Paso de Sico concession, the company said on... 


Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer's Nevada lithium mine
Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer's Nevada lithium mine
1st November 2024 By: Reuters

Environmental and Indigenous groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the US Interior Department's approval of ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the first domestic source of the... 


Greenbushes chemical plant capex jumps to A$880m
Greenbushes chemical plant capex jumps to A$880m
31st October 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian lithium company IGO on Thursday announced a revised budget and timeline for the Chemical Grade Plant 3 (CGP3) project under construction at the Greenbushes lithium mine. The total cost... 


Anglo American CE Duncan Wanblad
Initial findings of Chile’s green hydrogen valley study ‘very promising’, Anglo reports
30th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The initial findings of the study to ascertain the feasibility of the development of a green hydrogen valley in Chile’s central zone are “very promising”, Anglo American Chile CEO Patricio Hidalgo... 


Zimbabwe's Zimplats mine.
Implats commissions 35 MW solar project, expanded smelter at Zimplats
30th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The commissioning of the solar project and the enlarged furnace complex at Zimplats has positioned this Zimbabwe platinum group metals (PGM) operation to benefit from improved processing capacity,... 


Pilbara cuts FY25 guidance as it curtails production
Pilbara cuts FY25 guidance as it curtails production
30th October 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian lithium miner Pilbara Minerals on Wednesday lowered its production guidance for the 2025 financial year, citing current market conditions. The ASX-listed miner lowered its production... 


Governments double down on critical minerals and sustainability at IMARC 2024
29th October 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Australian and New South Wales governments highlighted the importance of increasing the supply of critical minerals, advancing technological innovation, and strengthening sustainability and ESG... 


Anglo American Chile CEO Patricio Hidalgo
Anglo highlights role of sustainability, innovation in unlocking copper growth
29th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

New hydraulic dewatered stacking (HDS) technology has the potential to transform the nature of tailings and land rehabilitation in the mining industry, Anglo American Chile CEO Patricio Hidalgo... 


African countries urged to invest in critical minerals beneficiation
29th October 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Africa has the potential to play a significant role in the global energy transition, given its endowment of critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt; however, realising the full potential of... 


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