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Anglo reconfigures some assets as it targets lower costs, capex
8th December 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Global diversified miner Anglo American is focusing on improving its cost performance and cash generation by reconfiguring several assets to adjust the production profile to near-term constraints and market conditions, CE Duncan Wanblad outlined... 


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Second iteration of just transition project framework completed
8th December 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Nonprofit economic research institution Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has developed the second iteration of its framework to identify and measure just transition projects in South... 


There’s a way to quit coal without wrecking jobs and communities
8th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

It’s a persistent global conundrum: Can policymakers close coal mines and power plants without ruining local economies in the process? In August, a delegation of Vietnamese officials looking to... 


Platinum’s use as an actuator material is being investigated
8th December 2023 By: Darren Parker

Nanoporous platinum, a platinum matrix containing tiny pores to increase energy conduction, has recently been created in large quantities for the first time, for trial use as an actuator material,... 


WA Premier shuffles Cabinet, takes on Johnson’s hydrogen portfolio
8th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, who on Thursday refreshed his Cabinet ahead of the 2025 elections, will take responsibility for the hydrogen industry as part of his State and Industry... 


Lincoln’s Kookaburra Gully graphite resource swells
8th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Kookaburra Gully graphite project (KGGP) has grown to be the second biggest known resource on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, ASX-listed Lincoln Minerals reported on Friday. The company... 


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Chilean copper smelter project drawing interest from China
8th December 2023 By: Bloomberg

Chinese groups are exploring the possibility of participating in a copper smelting project in Chile — some of them in a bid to lock in supplies of a key metal in the energy transition. Officials... 


Matador overshoots SPP target
8th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The share purchase plan (SPP) of ASX-listed Matador Mining has been well supported, with applications received totalling a$4.1-million, exceeding the company’s initial SPP target raise of... 


Another WA potash hopeful folds
Another WA potash hopeful folds
8th December 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian Potash, which owns Lake Wells sulphate of potash (LSOP) development in Western Australia, has succumbed to financial challenges, leading to the company being placed in the hands of... 


Atha Energy buys 92 Energy and Latitude Uranium
Atha Energy buys 92 Energy and Latitude Uranium
8th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Minerals explorer Atha Energy on Thursday announced that it would buy Latitude Uranium and 92 Energy to create a new uranium exploration company with assets spread across Canada’s three uranium... 


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Canada launches grants for critical minerals traceability projects
8th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced a call for proposals for grants that support the critical minerals traceability project (CMTP) as part of the Canadian... 


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CME urges for consultation on Fair Work Legislation Amendment
7th December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) has expressed its disbelief in the federal government’s decision to press ahead with its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing... 


Boss completes A$205m placement
7th December 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Boss Energy, which is buying a stake in the Alta Mesa project in the US, has completed its bookbuild to raise A$205-million through a single tranche placement of new fully paid ordinary shares.... 


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Anglo American preps sweeping cost cuts as price rout bites – sources
7th December 2023 By: Reuters

Anglo American is preparing to freeze spending on growth and widen job cuts in South Africa, going far beyond its initial savings target and paving the way to mothballing some higher-cost platinum... 


Australian Mines diversifies battery metals portfolio
7th December 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Australian Mines (AUZ) has acquired two highly prospective exploration projects in Brazil for $1.1-million – the Jequie rare earths and Resende lithium projects. The projects are... 


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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: South Africa finally published its implementation plan for the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan ahead of COP28 and amid news of fresh funding flows arising from the now expanded $9.3-billion partnership with various developed countries. The document outlines an $80-billion, five-year investment plan aimed at stimulating a transition from the economy’s current over-reliance on coal. With the detail out, the devil now resides firmly in actual implementation. Photograph: Bloomberg
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South Africa finally published its implementation plan for the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan ahead of COP28 and amid news of fresh funding flows arising from the now expanded $9.3-billion... 

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South Africans have collective duty to unshrink mining

When South Africa's mining industry performs well, South Africans benefit holistically. But mining, by its very nature, has a finite horizon, which is why everything that is taken out of the ground... 

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No love, but some sympathy

There is not much love for ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA). The near-monopoly business is seen as over-protected, and under responsive by many of its customers. Many questions have been raised... 

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This week we profile Pieter du Preez, CFO at Blyvoor Gold, a South African gold mining company that operates the Blyvoor mine, on Johannesburg’s West Rand 

The most recent bout of Stage 6 loadshedding by Eskom was not only a reminder that South Africa is far away from truly tackling the scourge, with the current focus on fixing Eskom in preference to adding new capacity proving itself, yet again, to be a high-risk strategy. It was also a tipping point for the country’s mood, which lifted slightly during the relative electricity stability that accompanied the Springboks’ World Cup triumph – an unhappy mood shift from pure joy to deep-seated anger.
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The most recent bout of Stage 6 loadshedding by Eskom was not only a reminder that South Africa is far away from truly tackling the scourge, with the current focus on fixing Eskom in preference to... 

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