Kabanga Nickel in spotlight as West forms minerals coalition
THE US government is due to unveil financing for the Kabanga Nickel, a project in Tanzania in which BHP has a 17% stake.
The commitment...
US accelerates battery minerals investment with South32 grant
SOUTH32 said its Hermosa project in Arizona was in line to receive a $166m grant from the US Department of Energy which the miner...
Rhyolite Ridge decision looms for Sibanye-Stillwater
A DECISION on whether to invest up to $245m in Rhyolite Ridge, a lithium/boron mine in the US, moved a step closer for Sibanye-Stillwater...
Botswana grants first manganese mining licence to Giyani
TORONTO-listed manganese developer Giyani Metals said on Wednesday it had been awarded a 15-year mining licence by the Botswanan government, a development that sets...
Andrada scores deal with Chile’s SQM for lithium prospect
NAMIBIAN tin miner Andrada Mining has scored a coup for its Lithium Ridge project after Chile's SQM agreed to buy up to 50% of...
Sibanye-Stillwater puts the financial framework in place for its Finnish lithium...
SIBANYE-Stillwater has secured a €500m (R10bn) “green” financing package to pay for its proposed Keliber lithium mine project in Finland which is intended to...
Exxaro hopes to announce developments on M&A strategy by year-end
EXXARO hopes to make an announcement on developments in its merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy “before the end of the year” according to chief...
Qatar takes $180m bet on Brian Menell’s TechMet
QATAR'S sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest $180m in TechMet, a Dublin-based mining investment company founded in 2017 by Brian Menell, a former...
Technology may loosen China’s stranglehold over lithium
AN Australian firm backed by Rio Tinto is raising funds to develop lithium mining technology that will reduce reliance on Chinese supply.
The Financial Times...
Thirty-six nations meet to hammer out deep sea mining code
THE United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet today to hammer out regulations governing deep sea mining despite objections from at least 27...