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Waterberg platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
18th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Waterberg Joint Venture has laid out an early infrastructure plan intended to significantly derisk the future construction of the project. 


Jervois raises initial A$177m
11th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Triple-listed Jervois Global has completed the institutional placement and the institutional component of its 1-for-5.42 pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer, raising some... 


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Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub project, Australia – update
11th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Department of Climate Change, Energy and the Environment and Water has approved Queensland Pacific Metals’ plans to develop the project. 


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Jervois pulls the trigger in Brazil, raises cash
10th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Triple listed Jervois Global has taken a final investment decision on the restart of its São Miguel Paulista (SMP) nickel cobalt refinery in São Paulo, Brazil, while launching a A$231-million... 


Codelco says maintenance at Chuquicamata smelter to last 135 days
8th November 2022 By: Reuters

Chilean State-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper miner, on Tuesday confirmed to Reuters that it will extend maintenance work at its Chuquicamata smelter to 135 days, from an initially... 


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UK supporting the construction of large-scale lithium refinery
7th November 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The UK government announced on Monday that it was supporting the establishment of the first large-scale merchant lithium refinery in Europe. To be constructed by UK company Green Lithium, the... 


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Browns Range heavy earths pilot plant development project, Australia – update
4th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Northern Minerals and Iluka have announced a funding package for the project. 


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Makuutu rare earths project, Uganda – update
4th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Ionic Rare Earths is continuing work programmes at the project in preparation for the mining licence application. 


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Saltend Chemicals Park rare-earth oxide separation facility, UK/Angola – update
4th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Pensana has progressed to the construction phase at its Longonjo rare earths mining project, in Angola, and its Saltend processing hub, in the UK. 


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Sibanye's South African PGMs output falls on power curtailments, copper cable theft
3rd November 2022 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Battery and precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater has maintained its full-year production guidance for its South African platinum group metals (PGMs) operations at between 1.75-million and... 


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.... 


IGO pays tribute to Bradford, revises Cosmos plans
31st October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Battery metals miner IGO paid tribute to late MD and CEO Peter Bradford in the company’s quarterly report on Monday. The company earlier this month announced the sudden passing of Bradford. 


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Iluka production falls
28th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The demerger of the Sierra Rutile and constraints in the Chinese ceramics market has seen mineral sands miner Iluka Resources report a decline in both production and sales for the third quarter... 


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Waterberg platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
28th October 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has dismissed a series of appeals filed in 2021 against the granting of the Waterberg mining right on January 28, 2021. 


Iluka and Northern Minerals strike Browns Range deal
26th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Rare earths miners Northern Minerals and Iluka have struck a strategic partnership agreement over the Browns Range project, with Northern Minerals announcing a A$78-million funding package. Under... 


BFS supports Ngualla standalone mine - Peak
24th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A bankable feasibility study (BFS) update into the Ngualla rare earths project, in Tanzania, has put a price tag of $321-million on the development of the stand-alone mining operation. The updated... 


PTM to update Waterberg DFS, launches initial works programme
20th October 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says the Waterberg joint venture (JV) it has with Impala Platinum holdings and other partners has approved an in-principle R380-million, or... 


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BHP's coal and copper production falls in Sept quarter
19th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Wet weather conditions have hit diversified giant BHP’s coal operations in the September quarter, with production of metallurgical coal dropping by 19% on the previous quarter, and energy coal by... 


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Rio warns of softer iron-ore output
18th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Major Rio Tinto has warned that iron-ore production for the full year would be at the lower-end of the original guidance of between 320-million and 335-million tonnes, despite the production in the... 


EPA approves changes to Earl Grey plans
13th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved a significant amendment to the Earl Grey lithium project, allowing for the construction of a solar plant and changes to... 


Zimbabwe’s RioZim buys Namibian diamond mine to expand in Africa
10th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

RioZim has bought Sperrgebiet Diamond Mine in Namibia as the Zimbabwean group seeks to expand in Africa. “The group has been trying to broaden its footprint in the mining industry in Africa and... 


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First US cobalt mining operation to begin after more than 30-year hiatus
7th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

Booming demand for batteries powering the world’s shift into electric vehicles is rekindling US cobalt production after a nearly 30-year hiatus. Jervois Global is starting the first US cobalt mine... 


Fortune extends option to acquire Alberta refinery site for Nico project
4th October 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian mining company Fortune Minerals has secured an extension to the option to buy the JFSL Field Services brownfield site in Lamont, Alberta. The extension, the company says, is owing to “the... 


South32 CEO Graham Kerr
EV demand sparks revival of US manganese mining after decades
3rd October 2022 By: Bloomberg

South32 aims to accelerate development of the first new US manganese mine for decades as carmakers rush to secure supply of the metal needed in electric vehicle batteries. Automakers are “super... 


EV makers must partner with miners to secure key metals
3rd October 2022 By: Bloomberg

A key lithium producer in Australia, the world’s top supplier, is urging electric car manufacturers and battery makers to become its partners in new refinery projects, arguing their direct... 


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Sibanye sees further opportunities in battery metals sector
30th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

The global forecast for battery electric vehicle (BEV) production has risen by 120% over the past two years, according to research carried out by research and consulting firm SFA (Oxford). SFA... 


TANKER DEMAND: The European Union’s (EU’s) ban on Russian fuel imports is likely to increase the world’s need for oil tankers, vessel owner Torm forecasts. The EU ban on Russian oil products from February 2023 will spark a “recalibration of the oil trade ecosystem”, as the bloc brings in replacement supplies from further away and as Russia seeks new markets for its supply. Tanker demand is also being supported by refinery closures in importing countries such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Photograph: Bloomberg
TANKER DEMAND
30th September 2022

The European Union’s (EU’s) ban on Russian fuel imports is likely to increase the world’s need for oil tankers, vessel owner Torm forecasts. The EU ban on Russian oil products from February 2023... 


Pensana commits to producing lowest embedded carbon rare earths, net zero by 2040
27th September 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Pensana Rare Earths has released its Blueprint for Sustainable Rare Earths, setting out the company’s aim to produce the lowest embedded carbon products in the rare earth industry, as... 


Energy and chemicals executive appointed Vulcan deputy CEO
26th September 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has appointed Cris Moreno, an energy and chemicals industry executive based in Europe, as its deputy CEO with effect from November 1. Moreno has more than 20 years’... 


Pensana announces 767 000 t TREO reserve at Longonjo
23rd September 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Pensana has published a mineral reserve estimate (MRE) for the Longonjo project, in Angola, as part its feasibility study, finding a total rare earth oxides (TREO) reserve of 767 000... 


Jervois gets enviro approval for SMP Stage 1
23rd September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX- and TSX-V listed Jervois Global has been awarded an Environmental Installation License, or LPI, for its São Miguel Paulista (SMP) nickel cobalt refinery in São Paulo, Brazil. The company... 


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Investment programme will secure LoMs
23rd September 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

JSE-listed platinum miner Impala Platinum (Implats) in March announced a five-year, R50-billion capital investment programme to extend life-of-mine (LoM) development and grow production at several... 


Sasol hydrogen programme management head Rilet Davison.
Northern Cape’s proposed green hydrogen hub can help open region’s full energy potential
22nd September 2022 By: Martin Creamer

The Boegoebaai green hydrogen hub in the Northern Cape can be a strategic project to open Southern Africa’s full green energy potential. A 24-month study of the strategic potential of the hub is... 


Korean consortium eyes Queensland hydrogen
21st September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Australia’s Ark Energy and its parent company Korea Zinc, as well as Korean conglomerates Hanwha Impact and SK Gas have formed a consortium to unlock Queensland’s hydrogen potential and to build a... 


Lithium resumes insane gains to add pressure on automakers
19th September 2022 By: Bloomberg

After Elon Musk complained that lithium — the ubiquitous raw material needed in electric vehicle batteries — was trading at insane levels, and China’s authorities in March pushed key industry... 


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Sibanye sees possible further opportunities in growing battery metals sector
16th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

The global forecast for battery electric vehicle (BEV) production has risen by 120% over the past two years, according to research carried out by research and consulting firm SFA (Oxford). SFA... 


London zinc extends gains for sixth day on supply worries
15th September 2022 By: Reuters

Prices of London zinc were on track for their sixth straight session of gains on Thursday, as rising energy costs prompted smelters to close and fuelled worries about supply disruptions.... 


Nickel miner Vale Indonesia signs HPAL deal with China's Huayou
14th September 2022 By: Reuters

Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia on Tuesday signed an agreement with China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to build a second high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant to produce nickel material used in... 


Primobius costs battery shredding plant
13th September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

An internal engineering cost study (ECS) for a first-stage shredding plant, of a potential 50 t/d integrated lithium-ion battery recycling operation in Germany, has placed a capital cost of... 


Next steps following in Pensana, Equinor collaboration on recycled magnets
12th September 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

UK-headquartered rare earths developer Pensana has been invited to present to the board of international energy company Equinor an overview of its plans to establish an independent and sustainable... 


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Electra Battery’s nickel refinery plans starting to take shape
12th September 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian firm Electra Battery Materials has announced the highlights of a scoping study for an integrated nickel refinery, as part of its vision of creating an electric vehicle (EV) battery... 


Cummins Range scoping proves positive
12th September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A scoping study for the Cummins Range rare earths project, in Western Australia, has demonstrated a viable project, with ASX-listed RareX now starting a prefeasibility study in the third quarter of... 


Tesla considering lithium refinery in Texas
9th September 2022 By: Reuters

Tesla is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles. The... 


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