The executive team of Orion Minerals is re-evaluating the development schedule of the Prieska copper-zinc project to assess the potential for its fast-tracking. Also flagged is the opportunity to... 

Commodities prices may stay high for decades as mining companies struggle to keep up with demand from the energy transition, according to BlackRock’s Evy Hambro. Raw materials, and shares of some... 

The European Union’s proposal to start charging importers for bringing emissions into the region should be expanded to cover hydrogen, organic chemicals and polymers, according to proposed... 

Gold miner Evolution Mining has taken full control of the Ernest Henry copper/gold mine, in Queensland. The company last year struck a A$1-billion agreement with diversified miner Glencore Mining... 

Global coal-fired electricity generation is powering towards an all-time high, as the rapid economic recovery of 2021 has pushed up demand faster than low-carbon supplies can keep up, while... 

TSX-listed mine developer Platinum Group Metals in October provided an update on the Waterberg project, a bulk underground palladium and platinum deposit located in the northern limb of the... 

State-run Coal India auctioned 3.2-million tonnes of coal exclusively for the non-power sector in November, a senior company official said, more than five times the volume auctioned a year earlier... 

Thermal engineering solutions company Industrial Water Cooling (IWC) has partnered with Canada-based developer, designer and manufacturer Solex Thermal Science to distribute Solex’s technology to... 

Global wind power group Iberdrola and Swedish startup H2 Green Steel plan to build a vast renewable hydrogen plant on the Iberian peninsula to power the production of iron used to make steel with... 

One of the world’s biggest mining companies is getting into the construction business. Vale is starting to extract sand from material left over from iron ore processing to supply civil... 

A gold mine 95 km north of La Sarre, in Quebec, Canada. 

Dust and liquid filtration systems manufacturer Crosible Filtration, in collaboration with afabric developer, have developed a product called Pyro-flo. 

Patrick Orlando, the financier helping take former US President Donald Trump’s media venture public, agreed to merge one of his blank-check companies with hydrogen fuel developer eCombustible... 

Investment in new oil and gas projects in Western Australia could contribute to between A$236.6-billion and A$439.9-billion to the state’s economy over the next 20 years, an independent report... 

Information and communication technology (ICT) group Vodacom has entered into two deals that will see it acquire a controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt and a strategic stake in Community Investment... 

Developers, local authorities and housing associations are quickly embracing steel framing technology, such as light-steel-frame building (LSFB), says the International Zinc Association Africa Desk... 

The Chinese government has confirmed that the country will no longer be funding a new 3 GW coal-fired power plant in the planned Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MM-SEZ) in South Africa’s... 

Gas provider Esso Australia Resources, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has increased its gas sales agreement with glass manufacturer Oceania Glass. Esso earlier this year extended its gas sales... 

ASX-listed technology company Calix has filed a patent for zero emissions iron and steel production. The Zero Emissions Steel Technology (Zesty) process involves the use of Calix’s core kiln... 

Engineering solutions provider BMG’s total plant management solutions encompass a technical advisory service for maintenance programmes that includes correct chain and sprocket selection, a... 

The all-season road linking the isolated community of Whati, in Northwest Territories (NWT), to the national highway system will open to the public on November 30, mining project developer Fortune... 

The White House and at least 49 senators support a proposal to impose an almost $20 per-ton fee on carbon as part of President Joe Biden’s climate-and-spending legislation, US Senator Sheldon... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly in South Africa, have played a key role in rocketing the performance of local alkaline electrolysers, in which PGMs are not generally... 

The Namibian government has stolen a hydrogen march on its larger neighbour South Africa announcing at COP26 the selection of HYPHEN Hydrogen Energy as the preferred bidder for a $9.4-billion green... 

Work is due to begin on Botswana's second privately-owned coal mine in the first quarter of next year, the CEO of Maatla Resources told Reuters, despite calls to abandon coal. At the COP26 climate... 

Oil and gas major Santos is partnering with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to develop, what is hoped to be the lowest cost direct air capture technology in... 

Coal-fired power plants would be eligible for billions of dollars in extra tax breaks under President Joe Biden’s economic legislation if they install carbon-capture systems, an incentive that... 

Chinese thermal coal futures saw their biggest weekly fall in over five years on Friday as the powerful state planner said there was more room to adjust coal prices after its recent investigations... 

There is still room for China to further adjust coal prices, the country's powerful state planner said on Friday, after futures prices fell more than 9% on its investigations into producers. In a... 

The federal government said on Thursday that the Long-Term Emissions Reduction Plan, introduced earlier this week, would strengthen Australia’s agriculture, mining and manufacturing sectors, while... 

Base metals were mostly higher, paring a weekly slump, as the global energy crisis kept roiling the energy-intensive sector. The global energy shortage, fueled by record coal and gas costs, has... 

Engineering solutions provider BMG’s comprehensive range of power transmission components incorporates chain manufacturer ZMC industrial conveyor chains, which offer dependable service in diverse... 

The South African road infrastructure and construction industry can learn from international markets and apply several key lessons on its journey to achieving the goal of net zero, ensuring a... 

BHP Group is looking at the potential to use the waste from its Australian nickel mining operations to capture and store carbon and will conduct field trials this financial year. It is also... 

The world will be unable to meet its zero-carbon targets without the introduction of green hydrogen solutions, says Plug Power chief strategy officer Sanjay Shrestha, at a time when the US has... 

ASX-listed Pure Hydrogen will acquire an initial 24% interest in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle company H2X Global and establishing Pure X Mobility as an entity for the development of hydrogen fuel... 

A crunch on coal production from key hubs in China and India is beginning to ease, but that won’t be enough to halt Asia’s energy crisis. Major industries in the region, including steelmakers to... 

Multinational manufacturing company Atlas Copco has extended the WEDA electric submersible pump series to include slurry, drainage and sludge units, which feature several enhancements in a bid to... 

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals this week announced a target to achieve net zero Scope 3 emissions by 2040, addressing emissions across its entire global value chain, including crude steel... 

Investment management company Magni Investment Holdings’ (MiH’s) subsidiary Lurco Coal Eswatini has been granted a prospecting licence for coal resources at the Mpaka coal mine, in the Lubombo... 

What do diamonds, sunglasses, high-end lululemon sportswear and concrete have to do with climate change? They can all be made using carbon dioxide (CO2), locking up the planet warming gas. And tech... 

Australia set rules on Friday for the issue of carbon credits for projects to capture and store (CCS) the pollutant, aiming to spur more such projects and help meet the nation's target to cut...