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Govt adds to Critical Technologies list
19th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian government has updated the List of Critical Technologies, focusing on key enabling technology fields that will have a high impact on national interest, including by providing... 


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Downstream processing and hydrogen targeted in new Qld strategy
19th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Queensland government has launched a new strategy to grow industries powering a net zero future, including critical mineral processing, manufacturing and product development, and green... 


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Junior Indaba to highlight challenges, opportunities
19th May 2023 By: Halima Frost

This year’s Junior Indaba event – aimed at explorers, developers and investors in the African junior mining sector – will feature a panel discussion on efforts to create a junior mining environment... 


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Santos leaving no stone unturned in carbon battle
18th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Oil and gas giant Santos has called on the government to support a range of low-carbon technologies as part of efforts to reach net zero. Speaking at the Australian Petroleum Production &... 


Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Shadow Mineral Resources Minister James Lorimer.
Mantashe: Exploration funds July; Lorimer: Mining new deal can create poverty-busting jobs
16th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The first R500-million worth of mineral exploration funds will be available from July, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe told Parliament on May 16 when Shadow Mineral Resources... 


Moomba CCS tracking on time - Santos
16th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Oil and gas major Santos this week reported that its Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project was progressing at pace and on track for delivery in 2024. The company told shareholders that... 


World Platinum Investment Council Research Director Edward Sterck.
Huge projected platinum deficit points to supply need beyond mining and recycling
15th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum deficit prediction for this year is up 77% to close to a million ounces. This year’s platinum deficit is projected to be a record 983 000 oz amid consistently growing industrial demand... 


Appea proposes Net Zero Zones in new report
15th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A new report developed by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) and supported by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has... 


Industrial Land Panel approves Maitland allocations
15th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Western Australian government’s Industrial Lands Panel has approved allocations of land for four projects in Maitland Strategic Industrial Area (SIA), with the potential to unlock... 


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Glencore, Sibanye-Stillwater, exploration investment make headlines
12th May 2023

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer notes that Glencore will study the feasibility of the creation of a hydrometallurgical facility in Italy; Sibanye-Stillwater is pushing on with its own... 


Danakali rejects shareholders call for liquidation
12th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Danakali on Friday rejected calls from a major shareholder to return all of the capital generated from the sale of the Colluli asset earlier this year to shareholders, and for the... 


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Focused approach to water management
12th May 2023 By: Bonginkosi Tiwane

With climate change posing a serious and immediate risk to the quality and quantity of a mine’s water resource, a water stewardship programme can help a mine build resilience in relation to its... 


ESG pressures increase
12th May 2023

There is increasing pressure on listed and multinational companies to properly understand their environmental and social impact, to commit to sustainable operational and business practices, and to... 


Mines change approach to water management
12th May 2023 By: Bonginkosi Tiwane

Water is a crucial resource and plays a vital role in the mining sector, but climate change and sustainability challenges have forced mines to reconsider their approach to water management. Various... 


Lithium developer reduces reliance on freshwater resources
12th May 2023

With its Portugal-based Barroso lithium project, European lithium developer Savannah Resources intends to use a closed-loop water system to reduce its reliance on having to draw water from the... 


Presidency project management office head Rudi Dicks
Urgent skills development roadmap required for a just energy transition
11th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

To successfully effect a just energy transition (JET), South Africa needs to urgently identify the skills required and create a skills development roadmap, as it could take between five and ten... 


SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop.
Will it be 100% battery electric vehicles by 2035, SFA (Oxford) event asks
11th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Will it be 100% battery electric vehicle (BEV) dominance by 2035? That was the question posed in the title of the SFA (Oxford)'s Battery Metals Lectures on May 11, when slides projected a 45% BEV... 


Mitsubushi signs up for Magnum's green iron
10th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Magnum Mining & Exploration has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Corporation covering all of the product to be produced at Magnum’s Buena Vista green... 


BHP and Codelco strike collaboration deal
10th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner BHP has struck a collaboration agreement with Chilean copper major Codelco to exchange information in areas of mutual interest, such as the electrification of mining activities,... 


WA seeks to streamline mining approvals
10th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Western Australian government has released a discussion paper that seeks to simplify the approval processes for Western Australia's mining sector. The proposed Mining Development and Closure... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Glencore takes yet another step along the busying road to circularity
9th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Mining and marketing company Glencore, which last month initiated steps to provide lithium-ion battery recycling solutions at scale for Spain and Portugal in partnership with FCC Ámbito and... 


Qld Parliament faces hydrogen legislation
9th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Gas Supply and Other Legislation (Hydrogen Industry Development) Amendment Bill 2023 has been introduced to the Queensland Parliament, in an effort to ensure Queensland has the policy settings... 


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Just Share says Thungela, Exxaro refuse to table shareholder-proposed climate lobbying resolutions
8th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

Activist organisations Just Share and Fossil Free South Africa, along with investment management company Aeon Investment Management, say coal mining companies Exxaro Resources and Thungela... 


From left, Gold Fields CFO Paul Schmidt, interim CEO Martin Preece and EVP Kelly Carter.
Gauteng gold mine being blown away by wind’s potential as Reef electricity source
5th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Although Gauteng dwellers have tended to dismiss wind as a renewable energy provider from this region, some are now being blown away by the gusts that puff across our far-stretching gold reef. “I... 


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Renewables, exploration, hydrogen make headlines
5th May 2023

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Gold Fields’ progress in wind energy generation at its South Deep gold mine; Barrick's belief in adding ounces through the drill bit rather than... 


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Aus govt introduces Net Zero Authority
5th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The federal government on Friday announced it would legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure the workers, industries and communities that have powered Australia for generations can seize... 


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WA places second in global mine rankings
5th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Western Australia has been labelled as the world’s second most attractive jurisdiction of mining investment, following Nevada, in the Fraser Institute’s latest Annual Survey of Mining Companies.... 


Miner delivers ‘exceptional’ 2022
5th May 2023

JSE-listed thermal coal exporter Thungela has delivered exceptional financial performance and solid operations, and continued to create value for stakeholders in 2022. The company achieved a... 


Will Ecuador's illegal mining crackdown protect Indigenous people?
4th May 2023 By: Reuters

Kayaking down the Napo River in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, environmentalist Matthew Terry bemoaned how the once-lush riverbanks are now barren and full of dredges, excavating machines and... 


Vulcan eyes A$109m capital raise
4th May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has launched a A$109-million single tranche share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to progress its renewable energy and lithium project. The company... 


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