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Aus ready to meet Korean gas demand - Santos
By: Esmarie Iannucci 27th May 2022 Australia’s gas sector could benefit greatly from Korea’s decarbonising efforts, oil and gas major Santos said. Speaking at the Korean Government Energy Summit, Santos MD and CEO Kevin Gallagher noted that Korea’s proposed measures to cut particle emissions by restricting around one-quarter of... →
POSCO Chemical plans to invest in $633m battery materials plant with GM
By: Reuters 27th May 2022 South Korea's POSCO Chemical said on Friday it plans to invest in a $633-million battery cathode materials plant in Canada with U.S. automaker General Motors Co (GM). The South Korean materials maker said in a regulatory filing that it plans to invest $278-million through September 2024 on the... →
Yancoal facing $1.8bn takeover from shareholder
By: Esmarie Iannucci 27th May 2022 ASX-listed Yancoal has gone into a trading halt after its major shareholder Yankuang Energy Group Company announced plans to acquire the remaining 37.7% of the company to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Yankuang Energy Group is considering offering Yancoal shareholders convertible bonds worth... →
South Africa must reform its regulatory environment, make itself investor-friendly – simple 
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2022 South Africa must reform its regulatory environment and make itself investor-friendly – simple. That is the straight-forward view of Dr Mathews Phosa, who was speaking to Mining Weekly in his capacity as the non-executive vice-chairperson of the high-flying Jubilee Metals Group plc, a London Aim-... →
China’s slumping economy to cut coal use even as output swells
By: Bloomberg 26th May 2022 China’s demand for thermal coal is likely to keep falling through the rest of the first half, as virus restrictions continue to mire the economy in a deep slump. Alongside measures to boost output and build stockpiles, that’ll give China a better chance of satisfying peak power demand over the... →
Copper extends losses on fears of a global recession
By: Reuters 26th May 2022 Copper prices fell for a third day in a row on Thursday and tin slumped to a one-week low as a gloomy economic outlook for top metals consumer China fanned concerns about a global recession, though a soft US dollar lent some support. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.3%... →
China's economic slowdown woes dent benchmark iron ore futures
By: Reuters 26th May 2022 Chinese iron-ore futures fell more than 4% on Thursday as downstream demand remained muted, while investors fretted over cues that the world's second-largest economy is contracting in the second quarter amid the Covid-fuelled chaos. China is facing bigger economic difficulties than in 2020, with... →
The trouble with lithium
By: Bloomberg 26th May 2022 Elon Musk wants to mine it, China is scouring Tibet for it, battery makers are crying out for it. Lithium, the wonder metal at the heart of the global shift to electric cars, is in a full-blown crisis. Demand has outstripped supply, pushing prices up almost 500% in a year and hindering the... →
Hydrogen can be stored in existing fossil fuel infrastructure for years, world webinar hears
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2022 Hydrogen can be stored in existing fossil fuel infrastructure for years if need be, giving it the potential to become a universal energy carrier in the same way as oil is now but without the environmental impact, World Hydrogen Leaders webinar heard this week. Allowing hydrogen to make use of... →
Platinum-boosted South African hydrogen electrolyser leaps ahead
By: Martin Creamer 25th May 2022 The proof-of-concept of the platinum group metals-boosted advanced alkaline electrolyser – the AAE – has been successfully completed by Hydrox Holdings of Randburg in a pioneering achievement that offers the potential for South Africa to enter the fray as world demand for hydrogen electrolysers... →
Severe global battery shortage likely post 2025, GlobalData forecasts
By: Schalk Burger 25th May 2022 Extraction of raw materials will not meet soaring battery demand unless capital markets change course in the face of environmental, social and governance pressures and invest heavily in new mines, says business data and analytics company GlobalData in its 'Batteries – Thematic Research' report.... →
Hudbay receives favourable court decision for Copper World
By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th May 2022 Dual-listed Hudbay Minerals has received a favourable decision form the US District Court for Arizona relating to its Copper World project. The court ruled in favour of Hudbay on all issues, including that Copper World and Rosemont are not connected under the National Environmental Policy Act... →
Coal India to open big, new mine this year to fight power crisis
By: Reuters 25th May 2022 State-run Coal India will open this year what is expected to become one of the country's biggest coal mines, officials said, as India struggles to keep pace with surging power demand. Output from the new Siarmal mine in eastern Odisha state would rise gradually, reaching capacity of 50-million... →
Glencore settles most bribery, manipulation investigations
By: Martin Creamer 25th May 2022 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday announced the settlement of most of its bribery and market manipulation investigations. This follows almost four years of investigations and a serious environmental social and governance (ESG) overhang over the group, →
Ferrous metals, coal most exposed to climate risk in metals and mining sector – Fitch
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 24th May 2022 Thermal coal, blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steelmaking and its raw materials are the segments of the metals and mining sector that are most vulnerable to long-term climate risks owing to their large direct emissions, credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings says. Demand for many... →
China's Huayou Cobalt to invest $300m in Zimbabwe lithium mine
By: Reuters 24th May 2022 China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plans to invest $300-million on rapid development of a lithium mine and processing plant at its newly acquired Arcadia project in Zimbabwe, according to company documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Huayou, one of the world's biggest producers of cobalt, recently... →
India's top mining, steel groups warn of adverse impact from export duty hikes
By: Reuters 24th May 2022 The increase in export taxes on iron ore, announced by the Indian government over the weekend, will lead to large surpluses at home, and mainly hit producers of low grade ores that depend on overseas markets, a mining industry body said on Monday. On Saturday, the government announced that with... →
Kingsgate secures refinery for Chatree ore
By: Esmarie Iannucci 24th May 2022 The restart of the Chatree gold mine, in Thailand, has progressed further, with owner Kingsgate Consolidated announcing the appointment of a refiner to process gold and silver ore produced from the mine. Kingsgate on Tuesday announced that Precious Metal Refining Company (PMR) had been appointed... →
Sevenfold increase in yearly clean hydrogen needed to hit 2050 net-zero target 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd May 2022 Annual production of clean hydrogen would need to increase more than sevenfold for the world to hit net zero in 2050, say the leading founders of McKinsey & Company’s platform for climate technologies, Bernd Heid of Cologne, Martin Linder of Munich, and Mark Patel of San Francisco, who add that... →
Kazatomprom says its inclusion in privatisation list incorrect
By: Creamer Media Reporter 23rd May 2022 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom on Monday refuted information regarding the privatisation of some of its assets, including its drilling subsidiary and uranium mining asset. The company was commenting on a draft resolution from the Kazakhstan government posted for public... →
One mine auction draws 3 448 bids amid scramble for lithium
By: Bloomberg 23rd May 2022 An auction for a controlling stake in a Chinese lithium mine has garnered 3 448 bids, underscoring the scramble to secure the battery metal that’s key to the clean-energy transition. The 54.3% stake in Yajiang Snowway Mining Development, which owns the mine in Sichuan, a southwestern province in... →
Platinum jewellery continuing to drive 25% of platinum demand
By: Martin Creamer 20th May 2022 Several reports published during Platinum Week indicate that in 2021, platinum jewellery consumed anywhere between 1.6-million ounces to two-million ounces of platinum, which makes it still the second demand source after automotive, coming in at around 25% of total platinum demand. Positive... →
China's Sinosteel signs $680m iron-ore mine deal with Cameroon
By: Reuters 20th May 2022 Cameroon's government has signed a 420-billion CFA franc ($675.96-million) high-grade iron-ore mining deal with a subsidiary of Sinosteel Corporation Limited, as China seeks new sources of the steel-making ingredient. Sinosteel Cam, the Cameroonian subsidiary of the state-owned Chinese miner,... →
Peru fails yet again to broker truce allowing MMG's Las Bambas mine restart
By: Reuters 20th May 2022 Peru's prime minister on Thursday failed to broker a deal with indigenous communities to allow for the restart of operations at MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine, the government's fourth failed negotiation attempt. Chinese-owned Las Bambas is one of the world's largest copper mines, accounting... →
India warns of fuel-supply cuts to utilities if coal imports delayed
By: Reuters 19th May 2022 India's power ministry on Wednesday said it would cut domestic fuel supply to state government-run utilities by 5% if they do not import coal for blending by June 15, as officials struggle to address rising power demand. A heatwave pushed power use to a record high in April, leading to the worst... →
Critical mineral demand of order of magnitude never seen – Sheila Khama
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2022 "My genuine sense is that we are going to see a growth in the mining sector of an order of magnitude we haven't seen. I also think that we're going to find that the need for minerals is going to force the world to think that if we can't get minerals on our shore, where else do we get them from? →
China’s metal exports storm higher to fill gap left by war
By: Bloomberg 19th May 2022 China’s exports of metals surged to multi-year highs as demand at home languished and global supplies tightened, with shipments of an aluminum feedstock spiking to plug a shortfall in Russia. Sales of alumina rose to 170 000 t in April, the highest since 2018, according to Chinese customs data... →
Europe gives another lofty boost to green hydrogen, electrolyser targets
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2022 The European Commission this week took firm steps to again boost green hydrogen production and electrolyser manufacture amid sharply rising consumption targets. The commission’s latest RePowerEU proposals include the raising of its 2030 renewable hydrogen consumption targets for industry to 75%,... →
Manganese mine rail-loading boost being assessed by South32
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2022 Diversified mining company South32 is assessing the potential expansion and modernisation of rail loading infrastructure at its Wessels manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape, says South32 CEO Graham Kerr. Kerr, who presented at the Bank of America Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference... →
Collaboration needed to make South African mining globally competitive again – CSIR
By: Martin Creamer 18th May 2022 Concern about mineral resource scarcity is widespread and, at the same time, many countries, such as Australia, Canada and China, are investing significantly in strengthening their mining-related research, development and innovation (RDI) capabilities. “This makes cost and differentiation... →
Caterpillar eyes energy transition as growth driver for mining business
By: Reuters 18th May 2022 Construction equipment maker Caterpillar believes demand for critical minerals as the clean energy transition gathers pace will translate to solid returns for its mining business, CEO Jim Umpleby said in an interview on Tuesday. The company is aiming at a global market worth about $5-trillion for... →
Kingsgate increases Chatree reserves
By: Esmarie Iannucci 18th May 2022 ASX-listed Kingsgate Consolidated has reported a 46% increase in the ore reserve at its Chatree gold mine, in Thailand. The ore reserves have increased to 1.3-million ounces of gold up from 0.89-million ounces of gold. Furthermore, silver ore reserves have increased from 8.3-million ounces to... →
PGI’s latest jewellery review shows continued demand for premium platinum products
By: Darren Parker 17th May 2022 Market development organisation Platinum Guild International (PGI) has released its latest Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR), in which it highlighted platinum’s prestigious image among jewellery retailers across the globe and their customers. “Platinum’s unique qualities continue to... →
Law firm drawing on giga-scale hydrogen project experience to derisk new ventures
By: Martin Creamer 17th May 2022 Lack of expertise about getting giga-scale hydrogen projects off the ground is a big problem in the industry, say Allen & Overy South Africa’s Alessandra Pardini and Alexandra Cluver, who believe they know how best it should be done from experience gained through project managing three of the... →
China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon's minerals
By: Bloomberg 17th May 2022 “There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it,” US President Joe Biden said after Russia’s war in Ukraine upended global geopolitics. Far from Earth, that transition is already happening. Just like in the era of Sputnik and Apollo more than half a century ago, world... →
Philippines removes last hurdle for stalled Tampakan copper-gold project
By: Reuters 17th May 2022 A provincial government in southern Philippines has reversed its 12-year-old policy banning open-pit mining, removing the final regulatory hurdle for the stalled Tampakan copper-gold project, the industry regulator said on Monday. The Tampakan project in South Cotabato province is the Southeast... →
Sibanye-Stillwater hoists first tons from R4bn 4 000-job K4 platinum project
By: Martin Creamer 16th May 2022 The first tons have been hoisted at Marikana K4, Sibanye-Stillwater’s high-return resumed platinum group metals (PGM) project, which was largely predeveloped and equipped when acquired from the now defunct Lonmin in 2019. “The K4 project is an unrivalled, top-tier project in the PGM industry,... →
Gold prices buckle under pressure from 'King Dollar', higher yields
By: Reuters 16th May 2022 Gold prices fell more than 1% to their lowest in three-and-a-half months on Monday as elevated bond yields and a firmer US dollar dampened bullion demand, even as riskier assets dropped after grim China economic data. A stronger dollar makes gold expensive for overseas buyers, while higher... →
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