Rio Tinto on Thursday reported flat annual earnings that missed expectations as weaker iron-ore prices weighed on its core business, while stronger copper prices and higher output helped limit the impact. The world's largest iron-ore producer,...
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ASX-listed Minbos Resources on Monday announced a $16-million debt facility from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) to advance construction of its Cabinda phosphate...
Mining major Rio Tinto has approved its subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals’ (RBM’s) Zulti South project, lifting the suspension which had been in place since January 2020. The about R8.5-billion...
Canadian uranium major Cameco has signed a C$2.6-billion long-term supply agreement with India’s Department of Atomic Energy, committing to deliver nearly 22-million pounds of uranium ore...
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Nigeria has signed a $1.3-billion investment deal with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to build an alumina refinery and fund nationwide mineral exploration, the government said late on Sunday, in...
The biggest immediate impact of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on countries like South Africa will be the elevated uncertainty about global oil prices and the prospect of higher fuel costs in the...
The ‘encouraging’ recent developments of the hydrogen economy in China have been witnessed first-hand by South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGM) miner and marketer Northam Platinum. This was...
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Australian producer Lynas Rare Earths has secured a ten-year renewal of its Malaysian operating licence, providing longer-term certainty for its downstream processing operations and supply chain...
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Australian graphite producer Syrah Resources has signed a multi-year binding conditional offtake agreement with Canada’s NextSource Materials for the supply of natural graphite fines from its...
The world’s largest miner, BHP, will stick to its long-standing diversified model rather than pivot to a single-commodity strategy, CEO Mike Henry said recently, stressing that portfolio breadth...
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