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Rio appoints new board member
19th December 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has appointed Kaisa Hietala as a non-executive director effective from March 1. Hietala, a Finnish citizen, is an experienced executive with a strong track record of... 


A field of sunflowers at the Implats shaft 1 complex in South Africa
Prioritising energy security
16th December 2022 By: Halima Frost

As part of its greater five-year, R50-billion capital investment programme to extend life-of-mine (LoM) development at several of its operations, platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Impala Platinum... 


Location map of the Tumas project
Tumas palaeochannel uranium project, Namibia – update
16th December 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Deep Yellow has flagged a cost blowout at its Tumas project. 


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Karo Platinum project, Zimbabwe – update
16th December 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Total Eren and Chariot have agreed to work together on the development, financing, construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic project, which will provide competitive electricity for the... 


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Metso Outotec donates classroom to a secondary school in the North West
15th December 2022

There is strong evidence that suggests that quality infrastructure at schools improves learners’ academic performance and reduces school dropout rates. However, many schools in South Africa are... 


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Toyota set to tackle Dakar 2023 with three-car team
15th December 2022 By: Irma Venter

Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) is set to take on the 2023 Dakar Rally with a three-car team early in January.  The defending champions, Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel, will return,... 


Caracal’s Kilimapesa secures $3m financing
12th December 2022 By: Donna Slater

East Africa-focused gold producer Caracal Gold’s 100%-owned Kenyan operating subsidiary Kilimapesa Gold has secured non-dilutive financing of $3-million through a prepaid gold purchase agreement... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Glencore in position to double copper output using fossil fuel cash flows
8th December 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore will halve the production of its fossil fuel business between now and 2035 and in that time use the cash flows from that fossil business to double... 


An SAA aeroplane being refueled
IATA reports great surge in sustainable aviation fuel production, but incentives still needed
7th December 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body of the global airline industry, has estimated that the worldwide production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)... 


Red-hot lithium rally cools as China's BYD flags surplus
Red-hot lithium rally cools as China's BYD flags surplus
7th December 2022 By: Bloomberg

Red-hot lithium prices are getting a little less expensive, just as China’s electric-car giant BYD flags that the market could swing back into surplus next year. The battery material in China has... 


Aussie miners to adjust portfolios in 2023 - KPMG
7th December 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A survey conducted by advisory firm KPMG has revealed that a significant number of Australian mining companies would change their portfolio of products towards future-facing commodities in 2023.... 


From left to right, Joel Nkosi, Johan Odendaal, Terence Goodlace and Daan van Heerden at JSE earlier this year.
Exploration drilling gaining momentum at Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project
5th December 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Exploration drilling is gaining momentum at Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, a large, shallow exploration opportunity on the eastern limb of South Africa’s Bushveld... 


BP doubles down on hydrogen as fuel of the future
5th December 2022 By: Reuters

BP chief executive Bernard Looney is betting on hydrogen to power future low-carbon businesses as the governments of major economies stump up cash to develop the fuel to decarbonise. Low-carbon... 


Argentina is pressing US for exception to tap EV bonanza
Argentina is pressing US for exception to tap EV bonanza
5th December 2022 By: Bloomberg

The world’s fastest-growing lithium producer is lobbying hard to gain access to President Joe Biden’s new electric vehicle tax credits, despite Argentina not meeting the requirement of being a US... 


Sasol shares sink after warning on Secunda challenges
1st December 2022 By: Reuters

Sasol shares fell nearly 7% after the South African petrochemicals company said it expects challenges at its Secunda operations to impact coal and fuel production, although higher crude oil prices... 


Third-party access has been identified as one of the main reforms to be pursued for implementation under government’s Operation Vulindlela initiative
TFR says lessons from slot-sale process will inform future third-party model
30th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) insists that valuable lessons have been gained from a recent attempt to sell 16 slots on its Cape and Container corridors, which resulted in only one applicant emerging... 


Sugar production in KwaZulu-Natal
Sugar growers-led consortium sets out to buy Tongaat's assets
30th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

A consortium comprising the sugarcane growers that supply troubled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, has submitted an expression of interest to business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to acquire... 


HPA First produces first precursor
29th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The HPA First project, in Queensland, has produced its first aluminium-nitrate precursors, ASX-listed Alpha HPA said on Tuesday. The Stage 1 precursor production facility (PPF) is in the final... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Sibanye starts building €359m lithium hydroxide refinery in Finland
28th November 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Precious and battery metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater has announced that it will proceed with construction of the Kokkola lithium hydroxide refinery, on the west coast of Finland, as part of the... 


Copper mining grows at last but now smelters can't keep up
28th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

Copper miners are boosting output at last after several years of anemic performance. But it may not be enough to meaningfully lift stockpiles from historically low levels, keeping supplies tight in... 


Copper’s biggest mystery is finally cracking
Copper’s biggest mystery is finally cracking
28th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

The warnings keep getting louder: the world is hurtling toward a desperate shortage of copper. Humans are more dependent than ever on a metal we’ve used for 10 000 years; new deposits are drying... 


Pilbara and Calix solidify JV ambitions
28th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals and fellow listed Calix have executed a formal joint venture (JV) agreement for a decarbonised lithium refining project in the Pilbara. The formal JV agreement... 


Freeport settles six-year-high copper charges for 2023 with Chinese smelters - source
25th November 2022 By: Reuters

Miner Freeport-McMoRan has agreed treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) of $88/t and 8.8c/lb for copper concentrate supply in 2023 with Chinese smelters, a source close to negotiations said on... 


An image depicting the interior of an EV truck
Company produces first local EV truck
25th November 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

Electric vehicle (EV) solutions provider Applied Electric Vehicle Energy Reticulation Systems Africa (Aeversa) subsidiary Iron Energy is nearing the completion of the first locally assembled 8 t... 


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Sudbury mining complex, Canada
25th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

A nickel mine in Ontario, Canada. 


Korea Zinc and Trafigura in talks over smelter venture
24th November 2022 By: Reuters

Korean Zinc and commodities trader Trafigura are in advanced talks to form a joint venture to build a nickel smelter as part of the Korean company's expansion in renewable energy, batteries and... 


Higher copper treatment charges needed to ensure copper supply – smelters
Higher copper treatment charges needed to ensure copper supply – smelters
24th November 2022 By: Reuters

Smelter executives on Thursday called on miners to pay higher treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) to incentivise them to expand capacity and ensure long-term copper supply to the market. Copper... 


Downstream processing could add A$40bn to Aus economy - PwC
24th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Modelling undertaken by advisory firm PwC has shown that value-added industries in the critical minerals sector could contribute more than A$40-billion to the Australian economy by 2025. The... 


Indluplace increases occupancy and dividend, but revenue declines
23rd November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed rental real estate investment trust Indluplace has reduced its residential vacancy rate to 8.5% and achieved an average vacancy rate of 10.7% for its portfolio for the financial year... 


Copper inches up on tight global supplies, China Covid cases weigh
23rd November 2022 By: Reuters

Copper ticked up on Wednesday on support from tight global supplies, while steadily rising Covid-19 cases in the world's top metal consumer China continued to weigh on sentiment. Investors also... 


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Arena releases roadmap for decarbonising alumina refining
23rd November 2022

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released a Roadmap for Decarbonising Australian Alumina Refining, paving the way for the country’s alumina refining industry to achieve net zero... 


Jubilee achieves export-grade cobalt from Sable refinery
22nd November 2022 By: Donna Slater

Aim- and Altx-listed metals processing company Jubilee’s Zambia-based Sable Refinery has successfully produced export-grade cobalt, enabling a ramp-up of operations. Sable has also successfully... 


The Grandpuits biorefinery in France
Air Liquide and TotalEnergies unveil €130m hydrogen project
22nd November 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Multinational group Air Liquide on Thursday announced a €130-million project to build a new 20 000 t/y hydrogen facility that would use residual biogases from the Grandpuits refinery, in France.... 


Pallinghurst Group managing partner and cofounder Arne Frandsen.
Sedibelo Platinum will now have wind power as well as solar and smelterless technology
18th November 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Latest news from Sedibelo Platinum Mines in North West province is that the company’s Pilanesberg platinum mines situated in the Bushveld Complex, 207 km west of Johannesburg, will not only have... 


PROJECT ROAN
Roan is entering a ‘critical phase’, as Zambia enters its rainy season
Roan’s success to be duplicated in north
18th November 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

With diversified metal recovery business Jubilee Metals Group’s flagship copper processing project, Project Roan, in Zambia, reaching nameplate throughput last month, the company is aiming to... 


KAS-SAIIA Scholar Danielle Marais
Opinion: African minerals are critical for the green energy transition
15th November 2022

In this article, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – South African Institute of International Affairs scholar Danielle Marais writes about the importance of Africa's mineral resources for the global green... 


Indian mining body seeks higher import tax on aluminium, zinc, copper products
11th November 2022 By: Reuters

India's top mining industry body has sought higher import taxes on a slew of metals such as zinc, copper and aluminium to help halt the tide of cheaper imports, especially from China, according to... 


Image of gold nuggets
Sanankoro gold project, Mali – update
11th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Cora Gold, which is undertaking drilling at an exploration target that is part of its Sanankoro gold project, has reported that the target has the potential to contain a gold resource of between... 


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RMB Ventures helps JoJo grow from storage tanks to complete water solutions
10th November 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

From entrepreneurial beginnings on a farm in Limpopo in the 1970s, JoJo tanks has grown into an iconic South African brand that not only lives its own sustainability journey but is growing beyond... 


Redefine well positioned for growth with new simplified asset platform
7th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Redefine Properties has significantly simplified its asset platform and is now well positioned for organic growth. The company also reduced its loan-to-value... 


Drilling campaign expands Sanankoro resource
7th November 2022 By: Donna Slater

West Africa-focused gold explorer and developer Cora Gold, undertaking drilling at an exploration target that is part of its Sanankoro gold project, in Mali, reports that the target has the... 


Image of platinum nugget
Karo Platinum project, Zimbabwe – update
4th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

A local earthworks contractor has been appointed. 


US carmakers passing up lithium from Australia’s first refinery
1st November 2022 By: Bloomberg

The head of Australia’s first lithium hydroxide refinery says it’s attracted little attention from US carmakers seeking to buy the metal that’s crucial to the world’s renewable energy revolution.... 


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