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Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto and Glencore spoke for months about deal that was once taboo
20th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow
Reko Diq mine to generate $74bn in free cash flow over 37 years, Barrick CEO says
20th January 2025 By: Reuters

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... 


Half-year production up 5% as Hillside Aluminium.
Strong start to year keeps South32 guidance intact outside of Mozambique
20th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Multotec unveils containerised decanter centrifuge demonstration plant designed to separate very fine solids
Multotec unveils containerised decanter centrifuge demonstration plant designed to separate very fine solids
20th January 2025

( Virtual Showroom ) Multotec is proud to announce its latest offering, a containerised demonstration plant, the TS 530L Tailings Decanter Centrifuge from its sister company Siebtechnik Tema. This... 


Rio Tinto's Bell Bay aluminium operation
Australian govt pledges A$2bn in green aluminium push
20th January 2025 By: Reuters

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... 


Rio Tinto lanyards
CreditSights questions cultural match between Rio Tinto, Glencore amid rumoured merger
17th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

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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Sasol plans reviving chemical unit and explore potential IPO
17th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Sasol is looking to revive its international chemical business, including a sprawling US complex, to boost earnings and open up an option to potentially list it, according to the company’s chief... 


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Rio Tinto, Glencore discuss mining's biggest-ever potential merger
17th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have held early stage talks about combining their businesses to create a behemoth to rival longstanding industry titan BHP Group. The discussions took place as recently... 


RenEnergy Africa
Energy outlook in SA for 2025: Turning point for renewables, energy storage
17th January 2025

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... 


MAMIKI MATLAWA
South Africa’s transition to cleaner energy hinges on innovative engineering, expanded international collaboration and a skilled workforce
Fiscal constraints, coal dependency hamper energy transition
17th January 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

South Africa’s renewable-energy ambitions face significant challenges as fiscal constraints, a persistent reliance on coal, and gaps in technological and workforce readiness slow progress, says... 


PARIS MABILA
Public perception of nuclear energy remains a barrier to its adoption
Potential PBMR project renewal crucial for S Africa’s energy security
17th January 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

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... 


KATE STUBBS
The transformative potential of waste-to-energy supports decarbonisation while promoting resource efficiency and environmental sustainability
WTE can address power, waste challenges
17th January 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

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,... 


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Rocky Creek metallurgical coal project, Canada
17th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

CTI Plus Resources plans to mine the project using openpit methods and conventional truck-and-shovel equipment. 


Following hot on the heels of its distribution agreement with Sandvik Rock Processing, S&R Enterprises has delivered the first Sandvik machine – for a coal mining customer in South Africa
First crusher for Sandvik-S&R partnership
15th January 2025

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... 


Turning point for New Acland as OCAA discontinues appeal
Turning point for New Acland as OCAA discontinues appeal
14th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Duvha coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga
Coaltech, Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency partner to advance JET initiatives
14th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

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... 


Moult resigns as Yancoal CEO
14th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Mark Cutifani
Veteran mining banker teams up with former Anglo American CEO Cutifani to chase M&A revival
13th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Sneddon resigns from Bowen Coking Coal board
13th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Copper ore
Consultancy says digitalisation, energy transition to shape mining industry this year
13th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

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 hit record high in 2024
China's coal imports hit record high in 2024
13th January 2025 By: Reuters

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 sets 2025 nickel ore mining quota at around 200Mt
10th January 2025 By: Reuters

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 hits record as energy needs rise
Indonesia’s coal production hits record as energy needs rise
10th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Whitehaven hits 13.5-year safety milestone at Narrabri plant
10th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager interim CE Moshe Motlohi
Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager gears up to allocate first rail slots to private operators
10th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

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 leaves major climate group amid Wall Street exodus
BlackRock leaves major climate group amid Wall Street exodus
10th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Image of coal spew
Mammoth Underground mine, Australia – update
10th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Coronado Global Resources announced the opening of its Mammoth underground mine at the Curragh Mining Complex in December. 


China to keep tapping coal to meet its energy security needs
China to keep tapping coal to meet its energy security needs
9th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Anglo American's South African office
Lure of Anglo's copper mines could test BHP's spending resolve
20th December 2024 By: Reuters

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... 


An Eskom power station and transmission infrastructure
Eskom risk premium falls as turnaround wins over bond investors
20th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Mining industry must invest in people as much as in projects
Mining industry must invest in people as much as in projects
20th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Coal mining in Australia
China's coal imports from Australia rise to highest level since April 2020
20th December 2024 By: Reuters

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... 


Grindrod's rail operations
Grindrod outlines focus for 2025, reflects on 2024 performance
19th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


Australian Pacific sells first coal from its Darbrook mine
19th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


An iron-ore mine in Australia
Australia expects export resource earnings to drop 10% in FY2025
19th December 2024 By: Reuters

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... 


Eskom Group CE Dan Marokane
Eskom reports R25.5bn loss amid systemic challenges, recovery efforts
19th December 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

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... 


An openpit coal mine
A glut of coal in China is set to push falling prices even lower
19th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Champion Iron CEO David Cataford
Nippon Steel, Sojitz to take 49% stake in Champion Iron's Canada project
19th December 2024 By: Reuters

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).... 


NUM, Exxaro sign three-year wage deal for Matla Colliery employees
18th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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%... 


The conveyor and Grindrod's Navitrade terminal
Grindrod achieves 2Mt coal throughput at its Navitrade terminal
18th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco
18th December 2024 By: Reuters

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... 


Coal held in hands
Ukraine's only coking coal mine continues to operate despite Russian troop offensive, sources say
18th December 2024 By: Reuters

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... 


A coal mining operation
Global coal consumption expected to hit record high in 2024, IEA says
18th December 2024 By: Reuters

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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