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Ferronickel shots from the Araguaia plant
Araguaia ferronickel project, Brazil – update
19th April 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Horizonte Minerals has failed to secure financing for the project. 


An image of SkyBUG's drone system for dispersing beneficial insects
Drones deliver predator bugs for sustainable pest control
29th March 2024

Wine producer Vergelegen wine estate, in Somerset West, has partnered with collaborative venture SkyBugs to test the use of drone-delivered beneficial insects to control pests in its vineyards.... 


Aerial view of the Kachi project
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
29th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources has submitted the production environmental-impact assessment for the project. 


Aerial view of the Kachi project
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina
22nd March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A definitive feasibility study has demonstrated that Kachi is a tier-one project. 


VW post image
The home of the VW Polo
20th March 2024

Volkswagen cements its commitment to South Africa as an investment destination South Africa is undoubtedly the most preferred location for multinational investors in Africa. As one of the most... 


AERIAL VIEW OF THE KACHI PROJECT
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
8th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources has announced further cost reductions to extend its financial flexibility and better position the company to complete a strategic partner selection process for its Kachi project. 


Lithium Universe secures industrial land for Quebec refinery
26th February 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Lithium Universe on Monday announced the execution of an option agreement to purchase a commercial property in the Becancour Waterfront Industrial Park (BWIP) for its planned 16... 


Tshepa Basadi
Tshepa Basadi
26th January 2024

Black women-owned project, engineering and procurement management business Tshepa Basadi, meaning “Trust Women” in Setswana, was founded by its female leadership team in 2017 in the Hotazel region... 


Location map of the NICO project
NICO gold/cobalt/bismuth/copper mine project, Canada – update
15th December 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The Canadian government has offered funding to support metallurgical testwork for the Nico project. 


Aerial view of the Kachi lithium operations
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
8th December 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources is embarking on a quest for strategic partnerships to propel the project to new heights. 


Drill rigs at the Kachi lithium brine project
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
1st December 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources has announced a substantial increase in the resource estimate. 


The world’s iron-ore powerhouse is preparing to reinvent itself
The world’s iron-ore powerhouse is preparing to reinvent itself
29th October 2023 By: Bloomberg

Vast heaps of crushed brown rock hem the Indian Ocean at Western Australia’s Parker Point port — each a stockpile of 200,000 tons of iron-ore, ready to be poured into a procession of bulk carriers... 


The process sheet for the Araguaia project
Araguaia ferronickel project, Brazil – update
27th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction progress continues at Araguaia. 


naamsa announces Accelerator Awards finalists, adds new categories
6th October 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In announcing its finalists for the yearly Accelerator Awards competition, naamsa | The Automotive Business Council says it will also acknowledge the socioeconomic contributions of members by... 


Process flowsheet for the Araguaia
Araguaia ferronickel project, Brazil – update
6th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Horizonte Minerals has reported that costs at its Araguaia nickel project will increase by at least 35% and that first production will be delayed. 


Image of periodic table symbols of vanadium/titanium/iron
Speewah vanadium/titanium/iron project, Australian – update
6th October 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Speewah is the largest, highest-grade vanadium-in-titanomagnetite resource in the world. 


Tivan appoints Hatch to review Speewah
22nd September 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Critical minerals company Tivan has appointed engineering group Hatch to conduct an engineering review on the prefeasibility study of the salt roast processing pathway for its Speewah... 


CONSTRUCTION WORKS UNDER WAY AT ONE OF THE THE LHWP BRIDGES
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
8th September 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Work has started on the remaining two major bridges to be built. 


Aerial view of the LHWP
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II – update
25th August 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The New Development Bank and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority have signed a loan agreement for the implementation of Phase 2 of the project. 


Horizonte appoints former Vale exec as Araguaia operations director
24th August 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nickel developer Horizonte Minerals has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Fernando Marino as operations director for Araguaia project, in Brazil. Marino has more than 35... 


Construction on the Polihali dam as part of the LHWP Phase 2
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho – update
18th August 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, consultants and contractors on the Polihali dam have marked an early construction milestone – the diversion of the Senqu river by the precofferdam. 


The Vogtle 3 nuclear plant with, in the background, the Vogtle 4 unit.
First new US nuclear power plant in three decades now producing electricity
1st August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

American electricity utility Georgia Power on Monday announced that the first new nuclear power plant (NPP) built in the US in 30 years, Vogtle 3, had started commercial operation and was supplying... 


Image of fine vanadium
Vanadium recovery project, Finland – update
14th July 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Neometals has announced the signing of a binding offtake agreement between the developer of the project and mining major Glencore. 


Image of Araguaia process flowsheet
Araguaia ferronickel project, Brazil – update
14th July 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Horizonte Minerals has received a mining approval permit for Araguaia, paving the way for mining activities to start. 


Image of fine vanadium
Vanadium recovery project, Finland – update
7th July 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The final investment decision deadline has been extended from June until the end of September 2023. 


Image of drill rigs at the Kachi project
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
23rd June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources is targeting the completion of a definitive feasibility study by December 2023. 


Image of Australia map/f;ag
Electric smelting furnace pilot plant project, Australia
16th June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

BHP and Hatch signed an agreement in March 2023 to design an electric smelting furnace plant in support of a decision to build this facility in Australia. 


Image of lithium ore
Mina do Barroso lithium project, Portugal – update
9th June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Portuguese authorities have approved Savannah’s environmental-impact assessment for what could become Western Europe's biggest lithium mine. 


Image of fine vanadium
Vanadium recovery project, Finland
2nd June 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Neometals aims to produce high-purity carbon-negative vanadium pentoxide without building a mine and a concentrator, like existing primary producers have done.  


Image of Phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
26th May 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Phase II of the long-awaited LHWP has broken ground. 


Image of Booyco Bush Cooler can be towed by a light utility vehicle
Mobile bush cooler facilitates easy on-site replacement
12th May 2023

Replacing large non-ferrous alloy bushes in mining equipment, such as cone crushers, can be time-consuming and expensive, notes Booyco Engineering, which says that its Bush Cooler provides an... 


Artist's impression of the Mitochondria fuel cel facility
The Mitochondria Campus – fuel cell manufacturing facility for Project Phoenix, South Africa – update
28th April 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The top structure concept design for The Mitochondria Campus has been completed. 


Company provides improved operator safety
24th March 2023 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Local high-pressure jetting equipment manufacturer Werner Pumps has invested in new devices for its rental combination of jetting and vacuum trucks to improve operator safety in the field. Werner’s... 


Image shows BHP iron-ore operations
BHP and Hatch team up on green steel
23rd March 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner BHP has partnered with global engineering firm Hatch to design an electric smelting furnace pilot (ESF) plant in support of a decision to construct this facility in Australia.... 


Block diagram of the Araguaia ferronickel project
Araguaia ferronickel project, Brazil – update
10th March 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Horizonte Minerals has awarded contracts for the Line 2 feasibility study at its Araguaia nickel project. 


Chick
SAPA unpacks green shoots, worrying factors in state of the poultry industry address
1st March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) is preparing an application for export accreditation in the European Union (EU) and Saudi Arabian markets, which GM Izaak Breitenbach says could have a... 


Preparatory work under way on commercial centre that will serve LHWP Phase II project area
24th February 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

Preparatory stages of construction of the Polihali commercial centre at Masakong are under way after the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) awarded the M11.3-million contract to Unik... 


Image of the Polihali Commercial Centre at the LHWP II
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II – update
17th February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Preparatory stages of construction of the Polihali commercial centre at Masakong are under way. 


Location map of the NICO project
NICO gold/cobalt/bismuth/copper mine project, Canada – update
17th February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Fortune Minerals has invested more than C$135-million to advance the project from an in-house discovery to a near shovel-ready vertically integrated critical minerals asset. 


2023 Car of the Year finalists announced 
10th February 2023 By: Irma Venter

The South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ) has announced the finalists in the Old Mutual Insure 2023 Car of the Year (COTY) awards. There are 21 finalists in the various categories,... 


Car of the year finalists announced for 2023
Car of the year finalists announced for 2023
27th January 2023 By: Irma Venter

The South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ) has announced the finalists in the Old Mutual Insure 2023 Car of the Year (COTY) awards. There are 21 finalists in the various categories,... 


Image of Prominent Hill mining operation
Prominent Hill copper/gold/silver mine expansion, Australia – update
13th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Takeover target OZ Minerals has reported an ore reserve increase at its Prominent Hill underground operation. 


Image of the Kachi project's lease area
Kachi lithium brine project, Argentina – update
13th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Lake Resources has achieved a critical milestone at the Kachi pilot plant. 


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