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When Glencore proposed a combination with Rio Tinto Group a decade ago, the larger company turned it down after just a few days. News this week that the two spent several months in negotiations in...
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...
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...
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Australia's Labor government on Monday pledged A$2-billion in production credits to help support the country's four aluminium smelters switch to renewable power before 2036. Aluminium is one of...
Fitch Solutions company CreditSights says a rumoured merger between major diversified miners Rio Tinto and Glencore could result in a $126-billion company. However, the rumoured merger raises...
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South Africa’s energy landscape is poised for transformation in 2025, driven by regulatory changes, advancements in technology and the urgent need to address the country’s long-standing energy...
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Sustainable energy solutions provider Blue Pointer Energy has expressed strong support for the renewed call to revive the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project, following statements by...
Waste-to-energy (WTE) solutions, including the production of refuse-derived fuel (RDF), offer South Africa an opportunity to address its dual challenges of energy security and waste management,...
CTI Plus Resources plans to mine the project using openpit methods and conventional truck-and-shovel equipment.
In a promising start to S&R Enterprises’ mandate as a Sandvik Rock Processing distributor, its first Sandvik mobile jaw crusher has been delivered to a mining contractor on a coal operation in...
Australian coal miner New Hope on Tuesday announced a resolution to the long-standing legal challenges surrounding its New Acland Stage 3 project. In a statement to the ASX, New Hope said its...
Johannesburg-based research institute Coaltech has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency (MGCA) to support research and innovative solutions towards Just...
David Moult has resigned as CEO of Australian coal producer Yancoal after seven years with the company, five of which as CEO. The ASX-listed miner stated that Moult had decided to retire from...
In his two decades at Bank of America Corp as a mining banker, Omar Davis worked on several transactions with former Anglo American boss Mark Cutifani. They’ve now teamed up again to set up a...
Neville Sneddon has resigned as a nonexecutive director of Bowen Coking Coal, the ASX-listed company reported on Monday. Sneddon played a key role in Bowen's transition from exploration to...
Shifting global demand and new opportunities for forward-thinking organisations in the mining industry is reshaping the industry this year, says business management consultancy OIM Consulting CEO...
China's coal imports rose 14.4% in 2024 to a record high, official data showed on Monday, as lower international coal prices spurred buyers to substitute imports for domestic supply. Coal imports...
Indonesia has set a quota of around 200-million metric tons for nickel ore mining this year, a senior mining ministry official said on Friday, adding this could be cut if miners failed to comply...
Indonesia’s coal production reached a new high in 2024 amid rising demand for energy both domestically and globally. Last year’s output was at 831-million tons, according to preliminary data...
Coal producer Whitehaven has recorded more than 5 000 days without a lost time injury (LTI) and 60 months without a total recordable injury (TRI) at its Narrabri coal handling and preparation plant...
South Africa’s recently established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) is gearing up for the allocation of the first route slots to private train operating companies (TOCs) in line with...
BlackRock is exiting one of the world’s biggest climate finance groups for investors after being targeted by Republican politicians for its efforts on global warming. The money manager said...
Coronado Global Resources announced the opening of its Mammoth underground mine at the Curragh Mining Complex in December.
Cheap coal will continue to provide the ballast for China’s energy security in the coming year, according to the country’s top industry grouping. Output is likely to rise 1.5% in 2025 for a ninth...
BHP, the world's biggest miner, would need to offer a minimum 40% premium over Anglo American's share price to make a renewed takeover bid now the rival's value has been boosted by asset sales, two...
Eskom Holdings’s risk premium is dwindling as a turnaround at South Africa’s State-owned electricity company gathers momentum. The extra yield investors demand to take on the risk of holding the...
The mining and minerals industry is at a crossroads. The dual pressures of resource scarcity and environmental sustainability, coupled with the race to decarbonization, the challenge of securing...
China's coal imports from Australia rose to their highest in more than four years in November, customs data showed on Friday, as shipments continue to recover from an unofficial ban on Australian...
JSE-listed logistics company Grindrod, in a December 19 pre-closing trading update, said its focus going forward would be to drive growth in bulk handling, container handling, logistics capability...
ASX-listed Australian Pacific Coal has successfully railed the first coal from its Dartbrook coal mine, New South Wales. “The first sale of commercial quantities of coal from Dartbrook is the most...
Australia expects its resource and energy export earnings to fall by about 10% to A$372-billion ($231.6-billion) in the fiscal year ending June 2025 mostly due to falling iron-ore prices and...
State-owned power utility Eskom has reported a R25.5-billion loss before tax for the financial year ending March 31, 2024, following a year marked by operational setbacks, financial strain and...
China’s booming coal production is running well ahead of demand at the onset of winter, leading to swelling inventories and plunging prices that analysts forecast will fall further. A gauge of...
Australia's Champion Iron said on Thursday Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel and trading house Sojitz will buy a 49% stake in the company's Kami project in Canada for A$245-million ($152-million)....
Trade union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has signed a three-year wage agreement with Exxaro Coal Mpumalanga (Matla Colliery), with the basic salaries of employees to increase by 6.5%...
Logistics group Grindrod has reached throughput of two-million tonnes of coal at its Navitrade terminal, in Richards Bay, with the support and collaboration of State-owned Transnet Port Terminals...
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan 5019.T said on Wednesday it would increase its stake in Vecco Group to 50.1% from 14.7%, gaining a majority in the Australian vanadium developer as part of its expansion into...
Ukraine's only coking coal mine - key for its steel industry - is operating at 50% capacity as of Wednesday morning despite the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two Ukrainian industry sources...
Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record high this year and stay near that level until 2027 as strong demand in Asia outpaces declines in the US and Europe, the International Energy...
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