Demand for minor metals to rise, but supply disruptions a risk

CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Demand for cobalt, tantalum and rare earth metals – seen as critical minor metals necessary for the continuation of the modern way of life – would continue to increase, but a mining consultancy group said on...

Demand for minor metals to rise, but supply disruptions a risk

Demand for cobalt, tantalum and rare earth metals – seen as critical minor metals necessary for the continuation of the modern way of life – would continue to increase, but a mining consultancy group said on Monday that there was a risk of...

Targeted resource of 138m ounces of PGMs for Bauba

Platinum-group metals (PGMs) exploration company Bauba Platinum reports that it is under way with a scoping study on the southern cluster of its properties, situated within the eastern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), in Limpopo.

ITRI deal to help in tracing conflict minerals

Tin consultancy group ITRI has signed a deal designed to help prevent armed groups in Africa's Great Lakes Region profiting from valuable mineral exports, it said on Monday. UK-based ITRI and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region...