Battery Minerals

Exxaro raises prospect of first battery metals deal by next year

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TIME is as scarce a resource as rail for Exxaro CEO Nombasa Tsengwa. Speaking at the Joburg Indaba, Tsengwa said Exxaro once believed it had...

Ghana approves first lithium mine in deal with Atlantic Lithium

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GHANA'S government has approved its first lithium mine run by a subsidiary of Australia-based Atlantic Lithium, said Reuters citing a statement by the West...

SA coal investor rides to the rescue of Bushveld Minerals

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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

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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

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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%

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...