SA coal investor rides to the rescue of Bushveld Minerals
EVER since Anglo American closed the doors on its once-mighty Highveld Steel & Vanadium in 2007, investors have tried and failed to make a...
Glencore targets $1bn in earnings from urban mines by 2030
SINCE his appointment as CEO in 2021, Glencore boss Gary Nagle has nailed his colours to a mast of culture improvement and mergers &...
Critical Metals secures sales agreement for Molulu copper project
CRITICAL Metals, a UK-listed copper junior miner, said it had signed an offtake agreement with OM Metal & Resources for oxide ore produced at...
Cost of Sibanye-Stillwater lithium mine in Finland increases 11.5%
SIBANYE-Stillwater said the cost of building its Keliber lithium mine in Finland had increased to €656m from a previous estimate last year of €588m,...
How hydrogen can breathe new life into SA’s faltering PGM sector
A HYDROGEN-powered aircraft completed three hours of flight testing earlier this month, boosting plans by manufacturers Airbus and Rolls-Royce to launch carbon-free aircraft of...
Cobalt as a remedy to vitamin B12 deficiency? You bet
CONCERNS about the role of artisanal mining, including child labour, in the extraction of cobalt have triggered a scientific scramble to find alternatives to...
Zambia agrees deals with UK on clean energy, critical minerals
ZAMBIA agreed deals with the UK on clean energy and critical minerals following a visit of the country's foreign minister James Cleverly this week.
Cleverly...
Glencore to buy control of copper/gold MARA project for $475m in...
GLENCORE is to buy 100% of the MARA Project, a copper and gold brownfields prospect in Argentina. South Africa's Gold Fields bid for the...
Tirupati plans to capture 8% of graphite market by 2030
TIRUPATI, a London-listed graphite development firm, plans to produce 50,000 tons a year of the mineral from next year, equal to 8% of global...
Deep sea mining may threaten $5.5bn tuna industry, says study
CLIMATE change will increasingly drive tuna into the path of potential deep sea mining operations, said Bloomberg News.
Citing research by scientists in a peer-reviewed...