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Clean energy critical minerals can transform sub-Saharan Africa – IMF
30th April 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Sub-Saharan Africa holds an estimated 30% of the world’s volume of proven critical mineral reserves and managing their use properly as part of the global transition to clean energy has the... 


Harmony's Mponeng gold mine.
Booming Harmony ups full-year output and grades; lowers cost and capital guidance
30th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Execution and preparatory work on key gold projects are on track in South Africa, and early works on the copper project in Australia are to commence, Harmony Gold reported on Tuesday. In South... 


Fortescue consortium awarded rights to develop Oman green hydrogen project
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A consortium between green energy and metals group Fortescue and sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has been awarded the rights to develop, build, own and operate a large green hydrogen... 


FIRB approves Azure takeover by SQM and Hancock
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved the acquisition of ASX-listed Azure by SH Mining – a bid vehicle jointly owned by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) and Hancock... 


Anglo American takeover price needs to surpass £30 a share, survey shows
Anglo American takeover price needs to surpass £30 a share, survey shows
30th April 2024 By: Bloomberg

A takeover of Anglo American would need to be pitched at more than £30 ($37.6) a share, a higher price than BHP Group offered last week, according to analysts and traders surveyed by Bloomberg.... 


Gold nugget
Central banks, record first-quarter over-the-counter purchases support gold demand
30th April 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Continued exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows drove gold demand, excluding over-the-counter (OTC) purchases, down by 5% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year to 1 102 t. However,... 


Mosaic CEO Bruce Bodine
Mosaic sells stake in Saudi JV for $1.5bn
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based fertiliser company Mosaic on Tuesday announced the sale of its stake in a phosphate production venture to Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden. Mosaic will receive 111.01-million shares of the Saudi... 


The Greenbushes lithium mine
Greenbushes to operate at full capacity for rest of the year
30th April 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Greenbushes lithium mine, in Western Australia, is set to produce at full capacity for the remainder of the calendar year, after IGO struck spodumene concentrate supply deal with its Chinese... 


Resolute reports 'promising' start to 2024, despite lower first-quarter output
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and LSE-listed Resolute Mining poured 76 351 oz of gold in the first quarter of this year, compared with the 80 037 oz poured in the fourth quarter of 2023. Despite the lower production, CEO... 


Jiang Weiping has resigned as chairperson of Tianqi Lithium
China lithium giant's founder hands reins to daughter after major loss
30th April 2024 By: Bloomberg

Jiang Weiping, the founder of major Chinese lithium producer Tianqi Lithium, resigned as chairman after the battery-material producer reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss of more than half a... 


welding and cutting training
NBI launches pragmatic Just Energy Transition Skilling for Employment Programme
30th April 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With skills having been identified as a key cross-cutting requirement for the Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan (JET-IP), the National Business Initiative (NBI), together with the... 


Volt announces strategic investment to commence field ops in Delaware basin
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed lithium development and technology company Volt Lithium on Monday announced strategic investment of $1.5-million by a company with operations in the Delaware basin of West Texas for... 


Sandfire driving forward Black Butte
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-headquartered miner Sandfire Resources is continuing to support the Sandfire Americas team to progress the Black Butte project, in Montana, CEO Brendan Harris said on Tuesday. Sandfire... 


The Uitkomst Colliery
MC Mining's Uitkomst Colliery increases quarterly output following turnaround plan
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Run-of-mine (RoM) coal production at MC Mining's Uitkomst steelmaking and thermal coal mine, in South Africa, increased by 14% year-on-year to 115 909 t for the quarter ended March 31 – the third... 


US President Joe Biden
US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval
30th April 2024 By: Reuters

The White House on Tuesday reformed the US environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar... 


White House eyes Russian uranium import ban while house bill stalls
30th April 2024 By: Bloomberg

The Biden administration is considering banning imports of enriched Russian uranium using executive authority as congressional efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel stall,... 


Antilles disappointed with Dominican arbitration award
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Antilles Gold chairperson Brian Johnson on Tuesday expressed the company’s disappointment with the tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute’s (ICSID’s)... 


Magnis holds a majority stake in Imperium3 New York (iM3NY), which operates a US battery plant.
Asic targets Magnis and Poullas over disclosure failures
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) has initiated civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against graphite company Magnis Energy Technologies and its executive... 


A hydrogen-powered truck in operation at Anglo American Platinum's Mogalakwena mine
As BHP weighs firm bid for Anglo, investors fret over cherry-picking assets
30th April 2024 By: Reuters

BHP Group can't cherry pick Anglo American assets without paying a hefty premium, Anglo investors told Reuters, concerned that they stand to lose heavily by holding shares in South African... 


MAC forecasts stronger Q2 performance, says CEO McMullen
MAC forecasts stronger Q2 performance, says CEO McMullen
30th April 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper miner Metals Acquisition Limited (MAC) expects a rebound at the CSA mine in the second quarter following a softer performance in the initial quarter of the year. Despite encountering... 


Implats CEO Nico Muller
Implats platinum group metals output up amid robust demand but lacklustre pricing
30th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Implats on Tuesday reported higher production in a period characterised by robust demand but lacklustre PGM prices. “Despite continued... 


Sandfire announces maiden resource for new Botswana discovery
30th April 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-headquartered Sandfire Resources has unveiled potential for new copper and silver discovery in Botswana, with the announcement of a maiden resource estimate for the A1 deposit, about 20... 


A graph showing the heat stress and drought riks of various commodities
Critical minerals, food crops at risk of climate disruption by 2050, report shows
30th April 2024 By: Darren Parker

More than 70% of critical minerals needed for the transition to net zero emissions will be at risk from climate disruption by 2050, professional services firm PwC says. The firm's latest report,... 


The 118.74 ct diamond recovered at the Letšeng mine
Gem recovers another greater-than-100-ct diamond
30th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered a 118.74 ct Type II white diamond recovered at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine, in Lesotho. This is the fifth diamond weighing more than 100 ct to be recovered... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle
Glencore’s Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter remains idled
30th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Pending an improved price and cost environment, Glencore said in its first-quarter 2024 production report on Tuesday that its Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter in South Africa’s North West province... 


Gold Fields CFO takes early retirement
30th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Gold Fields long-serving CFO Paul Schmidt, who is also an executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed gold mining company, is to proceed on early retirement, the company stated in... 


Tietto asks investors to accept Zhaojin's offer or sell shares
30th April 2024 By: Reuters

Australia's Tietto Minerals has urged its shareholders to accept Zhaojin Mining's offer that values the firm at A$733-million or sell shares on-market if the market price is not materially... 


Anglo will hold its AGM in London on Tuesday
Anglo under pressure to reveal plans to fend off BHP as Elliott hikes stake
30th April 2024 By: Reuters

Anglo American faced calls from shareholders on Monday to detail plans for improving its value in order to fend off bidder BHP, as activist investor Elliott further raised the stakes by increasing... 


G7 nations to agree on first half of 2030s for coal phase-out
G7 nations to agree on first half of 2030s for coal phase-out
30th April 2024 By: Bloomberg

Group of Seven nations have agreed to target the first half of 2030s to phase out coal, according to the UK’s energy and nuclear minister, a key milestone for some of the world’s most... 


The Bulga complex in Australia
Top Glencore shareholders favour keeping coal over spinoff
30th April 2024 By: Bloomberg

Several of Glencore’s largest shareholders believe that the company should retain its coal assets, according to people familiar with the matter, throwing a proposed spinoff into doubt. Glencore,... 


West Cobar adds scandium to Salazar basket
29th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Cobar Metals has announced a maiden resource estimate for scandium, adding to the already valuable basket of minerals hosted at the Salazar project, north-east of Esperance in Western... 


Japanese to partner on Kalgoorlie nickel project
29th April 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Japanese multinational companies Sumitomo Metal Mining (SSM) and Mitsubishi have thrown their weight behind the Kalgoorlie nickel project – Goongarrie hub, in Western Australia. ASX-listed Ardea... 


Alphamin buoyed by Mpama South plant progress
29th April 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V- and JSE-listed Alphamin Resources reports that tin concentrate production from the new Mpama South plant is imminent, with first ore having been successfully introduced on April 28. The... 


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