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Chile copper producers begin talks on combining smelter efforts
11th December 2024 By: Reuters

Codelco and Enami, Chile’s two state copper companies, are discussing the possibility of combining their respective efforts to expand smelting capacity into a single project, according to people... 


Freeport's copper concentrate exports will only temporarily ease global shortages
10th December 2024 By: Reuters

Copper concentrate exports from Freeport-McMoRan's unit in Indonesia will ease global shortages, but probably only briefly and if the Indonesian government allows them, industry sources said.... 


The Stibnite gold project is the only identified domestic reserve of antimony
Paulson-backed Perpetua strikes antimony pact to blunt China ban
10th December 2024 By: Reuters

John Paulson-backed Perpetua Resources has agreed to work with Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Co. to find ways within the US to process antimony, one of the critical minerals under China’s... 


Antofagasta, Jiangxi agree major drop in 2025 copper TC/RCs, sources
6th December 2024 By: Reuters

Chilean miner Antofagasta and Jiangxi Copper have agreed significantly lower copper concentrate processing fees for 2025, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The... 


Professor Andrey B Yaroslavtsev
Palladium: A vital key to BRICS' future energy security
6th December 2024

By Ayanda Holo Amidst the dynamic discourse of the recent BRICS Summit, held against the backdrop of heightened resource competitiveness and energy security concerns, palladium emerged as a topic... 


Image of cobalt ore nuggets
Kwinana cobalt refinery, Australia
6th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Cobalt Blue Holdings is proposing to build Australia’s first cobalt sulphate refinery that will produce high-quality, battery-grade cobalt sulphate in response to the US Inflation Reduction Act,... 


Kraftblock co-founder and CEO Dr Martin Schichtel.
Mines urged to fill renewables gaps with green electrons from on-site waste heat
5th December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Mines using renewable energy are being encouraged to harvest and store heat wasted during minerals processing and to then use its green electrons to close renewables intermittency gaps that come... 


Employee working at a nickel smelter
$5.4tr investment in mining needed by 2035 to meet new energy demand – report
4th December 2024 By: Darren Parker

A new report published by the Future Minerals Forum states that an estimated $5.4-trillion in investments is required by 2035 to meet the growing demand for key materials in the mining and metals... 


Voices of IMARC 2024: Part 2
29th November 2024

IMARC 2024 drew the world’s major mining companies, a host of political and trade delegations, and most of the industry’s leading innovators to Sydney, Australia, for a memorable conference and... 


EXPANDED SERVICE
KonNx has expanded its capacity to offer full-service solutions to mining clients
Company advances cable solutions
29th November 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

Electrical cable coupler manufacturer KonNx Africa is meeting the growing demand in the African mining industry for safer and more efficient power solutions with its innovative high-voltage cable... 


NJERI MWAGIRU
AMDC statutes are essential for creating unified mining policies that align with the AMV
Leveraging strategic foresight to strengthen African mining sector
29th November 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has recognised the value of a strategic foresight framework and anticipatory governance plan to improve the management of Africa’s mineral resources.... 


The Ambatovy mine
Madagascar's Ambatovy nickel project to complete debt restructuring in December, says Sumitomo
28th November 2024 By: Reuters

Madagascar's Ambatovy nickel project companies expect to complete its debt restructuring in early December, the project's major shareholder Sumitomo Corp 8053.T said on Thursday, adding that it was... 


Nornickel sees new technologies sustaining China's palladium demand
Nornickel sees new technologies sustaining China's palladium demand
28th November 2024 By: Reuters

Russian metals giant Nornickel believes that new technologies it is developing, including for the synthesis of hydrogen, will create demand for palladium in China equal to up to 15% of current... 


Launch of the Africa Broadband Outlook 2024
F5.5G leap-forward development of broadband in Africa
27th November 2024

The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa, recently under the theme F5.5G Accelerating All-Optical Connectivity in Africa. The Forum focused on... 


Vendata Base Metals CEO Chris Griffith
Vedanta plans to invest $2bn in Saudi copper projects
26th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Vedanta is set to invest $2-billion to build copper-processing facilities in Saudi Arabia, a significant boost for the kingdom’s ambitions to become a global metals and mining hub. The firm,... 


Left to right: UNIDO Sustainable Development Expert Nokwazi Moyo, General Representative of the Government of Flanders Thomas Castrel, Chief Director: Green Industries at the dtic Gerhard Fourie, and UNIDO Regional Representative for Southern Africa Dr Diego Masera, visiting the exhibition stands of the innovators
Strengthening the climate resilience of South African industries
21st November 2024

South Africa’s economy is increasingly threatened by climate change impacts, resulting in scarcity of important natural resources. 


Copper ore
Marula outlines testwork, trials to follow on Kinusi copper material
19th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Battery metals miner Marula Mining has received all necessary export permit and approvals in Tanzania to ship 10 kg of copper ore samples to South Africa for metallurgical testwork and assays.... 


artisinal gold nuggets held by artisinal miner
Russian war machine funded by illicit gold trading, WGC report states
18th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Russian State-funded private military company (PMC) Wagner Group is one of the greatest beneficiaries of illicit gold trading, a new report published by the World Gold Council (WGC) shows.... 


An image of molten copper poured into molds at the ZiJIn Serbia Copper plant in Bor, Serbia, on Thursday, April 18, 2024
Smelting oversupply, investment affect copper market
15th November 2024 By: Nadine Ramdass

An oversupply of copper smelting capacity is leading to low treatment and refining charges (TCRCs) and shifting project investment trends are impacting on the longer-term copper mine development... 


Euro Manganese CEO resigns
14th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V and ASX-listed Euro Manganese has appointed CFO Martina Blahova as its interim CEO to replace Matthew James, who had resigned from the company. The board will conduct a search for a new CEO. 


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... 


Rio Tinto approves 25 MW solar plant for US copper mine
Rio Tinto approves 25 MW solar plant for US copper mine
14th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mining company Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25-MW solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30 MW. The new solar plant will... 


Bernard Swanepoel
How South Africa can grow participation in key battery manganese supply chain
13th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

How South Africa can grow its participation in the global battery supply chain was spelt out this week at the Mintek@90 event to mark nine decades of mineral and metallurgical research, development... 


China’s copper production boom threatens to crowd out the rest of the world
China’s copper production boom threatens to crowd out the rest of the world
12th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Chinese copper smelters are facing pressure to rein in an expansion that’s pounding the industry’s profitability. The viability of plants across the globe may be at stake. The top consumer of... 


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... 


MP Materials posts smaller-than-expected loss on higher output, sales
8th November 2024 By: Reuters

US rare earths miner and processor MP Materials on Thursday reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the third quarter, helped by higher production and sales volumes of the strategic materials. MP... 


Image of lithium ore
Pilgangoora midstream demonstration plant, Australia – update
8th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Pilbara Minerals plans to pause construction of the midstream demonstration plant until market conditions have improved. 


China’s commodities imports resilient as markets eye stimulus
China’s commodities imports resilient as markets eye stimulus
7th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Chinese raw materials imports mostly rose year-on-year in October, according to customs data released Thursday, as demand remained resilient despite a slowing economy. The government’s measures to... 


Jubilee achieves key milestones in advancing copper strategy, delivers strong PGM performance
7th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has reported organic growth in its South African operations, which the company says are now well-established and consistently delivering strong results.... 


The Mutanda mine in the DRC
World’s biggest cobalt miner is gloomy on the EV metal’s future
6th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

The world’s No. 1 cobalt miner is sounding the alarm over the shrinking role of the metal in electric vehicle batteries. Chinese company CMOC Group, which has been churning out cobalt much faster... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Sibanye-Stillwater reports 9% y/y growth in adjusted earnings for third quarter
5th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater has announced a 9% year-on-year increase in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to $184-million for the third... 


SEW-EURODRIVE’s products allow for reduced raw material consumption, increased stock-keeping and enhanced application flexibility and efficiency
SEW-EURODRIVE’s global sustainability strategy in Africa
1st November 2024 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Power transmission solutions and drive technology manufacturer SEW-EURODRIVE aims to align its global sustainability strategy with the unique needs of African industries. “SEW-EURODRIVE's global... 


Openpit mining at Marula’s Kinusi continues according to plan
31st October 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining has reported that conventional openpit mining of the No 4 Pit, at its Kinusi copper mine, in Tanzania, has been ongoing, with shallow... 


The Ambatovy mine
Sumitomo resumes production at Madagascar's nickel project
31st October 2024 By: Reuters

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said on Thursday it was slowly resuming production at the Ambatovy nickel and cobalt project in Madagascar after last month's pipeline issue and is reviewing... 


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 and Calix pause lithium demonstration project
30th October 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian lithium company Pilbara Minerals on Wednesday announced it would pause construction of the Mid-Stream demonstration plant project at the Pilgangoora operation, citing current market... 


AEW 2024: Pioneering Africa’s Energy Future
28th October 2024

The African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2024 conference – the official meeting place for Africa’s energy sector – has launched its official program, an impressive five-day agenda... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
US regulation revision likely to benefit Sibanye-Stillwater’s PGM operations in Montana
25th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Final regulations that are anticipated to benefit the platinum group metals (PGM) operations of Sibanye-Stillwater in Montana have been published by the US Treasury. The final regulations concerned... 


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How Schneider Electric is Growing Nigeria’s Economy Through Industrial Automation
24th October 2024

In recent years, Nigeria has faced significant economic challenges, including rising inflation and technological stagnation across key revenue-generating infrastructures. Despite its diversified... 


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Sasol's performance lags in Q1 owing to chemical market, coal quality issues
22nd October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed petrochemicals group Sasol has reported a mixed production and sales performance for the three months ended September 30, with the company having been impacted on by the stronger rand,... 


The above image depicts Bowmans partner Dirk Wessels
Bill aims to bolster SA oil, gas investment
18th October 2024 By: Lynne Davies

With investor confidence in the upstream oil and gas sector currently being low, pan-African law firm Bowmans states that there is a need for the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill... 


Bowdens Silver Deposit, geological section, Local grid 10,550mN
Bowdens silver project, Australia – update
18th October 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Silver Mines is navigating the complexities of legal proceedings surrounding its Bowdens silver project, following an August ruling from the New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal. 


Image of periodic table symbols for platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold
Karo platinum project, Zimbabwe – update
18th October 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Tharisa continues to optimise the project. 


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