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Now’s the time for full energy freedom, says green hydrogen stalwart Andrew Forrest 
By: Martin Creamer 17th March 2022 Let’s give energy sovereignty to the world. Renewable energy is everywhere. Every country can produce it. Now is the time to capture it, and have full energy freedom, enthused Fortescue Metals Group nonexecutive chairperson Andrew Forrest, while being interviewed by CNN anchor Christiane... →
VRX clears first EPA hurdle
By: Esmarie Iannucci 17th March 2022 Junior VRX Silica has marked a significant milestone in the development of its Arrowsmith North silica sands project, in Western Australia, with the state’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) approving the project’s environmental scoping documents (ESD). The ESD is a precursor to the... →
Australia's carbon market breaks new record
By: Esmarie Iannucci 17th March 2022 Australia’s carbon markets broke new records in growth in renewables and carbon offsets in 2021, with the Clean Energy Regulator’s quarterly Carbon Market Report showing that on average, almost one-third of all electricity generated in the National Electricity Market in 2021 came from renewable... →
Glencore says world has to adapt to shift in commodity trade flows
By: Marleny Arnoldi 16th March 2022 Global commodity trade flows will have to adapt to some, or all, of Russia and Ukraine’s supply being unavailable, whether owing to infrastructure damage, sanctions or ethical concerns, says global diversified miner Glencore. Unpacking the main risks to its business in its 2021 annual report,... →
Resources Watch 
16th March 2022 This week: South Africa must move very rapidly towards green energy, climate webinar hears; Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s 30 MW solar power study close to completion; and, Platinum surplus forecast to reduce significantly →
Rio welcomes Aboriginal Heritage discussion paper
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th March 2022 Diversified miner Rio Tinto has welcomed the release of a discussion paper by a joint Commonwealth government and First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, which is aimed at strengthening cultural heritage protection. The discussion paper was part of the first stage of a national engagement... →
Govt commits funding to modernise environmental protection
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th March 2022 The resources sector has welcomed a A$128.5-million funding package from the federal government to modernise the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley on Tuesday said that the measures, to be included in this... →
Equivalent of a Koeberg arising in solar projects – AmaranthCX
By: Martin Creamer 14th March 2022 The equivalent of a Koeberg power station is arising in the form of new largely mine-linked private-sector solar power photovoltaic projects across Southern Africa, according to AmaranthCX director and founder Paul Miller, whose company is working on the second edition of its electronic map of... →
Mining opportunities, RBPlats energy study, Eskom's battery storage make headlines
11th March 2022 Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the need for mining to seize the many obvious lucrative opportunities that are available; Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s renewable energy study on an embedded 30MW solar plant that is close to completion; and Eskom's battery storage system. →
Environment Minister to investigate urea plant concerns
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th March 2022 Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has reportedly requested privately-held Perdaman to temporarily cease works on it’s A$4.5-billion Karratha urea project, in Western Australia, while the government considers concerns raised by Traditional Owners around potential damage to World... →
Strong interest in offshore CCS opportunities - Appea
11th March 2022 Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) said this week that there has been strong interest in acreage releases for new carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities off Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Appea welcomed the opportunity for member companies to... →
Resource firms join CERT pilot
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th March 2022 Resources firms Woodside, Santos, Fortescue and South32 were only a few of the companies that have signed up to the new Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency (CERT) report pilot. The 25 signatories to CERT account for almost 26% of Australia’s Scope 1 annual greenhouse gas emissions... →
South Africa must move very rapidly towards green energy, climate webinar hears
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2022 The ratio between green energy and brown energy in South Africa needs to move very rapidly in favour of green energy, says Climate Adaptation Lead to the South African Presidential Climate Commission and Institute for Security Studies Africa senior research associate Dhesigen Naidoo. Naidoo was... →
Suvo's kaolin could answer green cement question
By: Esmarie Iannucci 10th March 2022 Kaolin producer Suvo Strategic Minerals has inked an agreement with Curtin University to investigate the application of high reactivity metakaolin (HRM) as a sustainable solution in decarbonising cement. Research from Curtin University will compare carbon dioxide (CO2) emission properties of... →
WA to draw up carbon legislation for resources sector
By: Esmarie Iannucci 10th March 2022 The Western Australian government will draft a Bill that will provide Western Australia's resources sector with further investment and regulatory certainty as it transitions to a low-carbon future. The Greenhouse Gas Storage and Transport Bill aims to provide Western Australia's mining,... →
East Coast gas demand to fall - Woodmac
9th March 2022 The uptake in renewable energy could see gas demand from Australia’s East Coast decline by some 60% in 2050, depending on the pace of the energy transition, said advisory firm Wood Makenzie (Woodmac) this week. Woodmac noted that Eastern Australia’s gas demand has dropped in recent years, partly... →
Zenith secures new renewable option for mine sites
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th March 2022 Independent power producer Zenith Energy has inked an ecosystem framework agreement-deployment (ESAD) with Sydney-based clean technology innovator 5B, that could result in renewable energy penetration increasing on mine sites in the Goldfields and the Pilbara. The ESAD would permit Zenith to... →
FFI and Airbus take on the skies
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th March 2022 Green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and aeronautics major Airbus have joined forces to enable the aviation industry to decarbonise through zero-emissions green hydrogen. FFI and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that would allow both companies to... →
Santos starts FEED at new CCS project
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th March 2022 Oil and gas major Santos on Wednesday announced that it had entered the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the proposed Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, in Timor-Leste. The Bayu-Undan CCS project could potentially safely and permanently store up to 10-million... →
Resources Watch
8th March 2022 This week: Implats allays fears that Russia/Ukraine conflict may impact PGMs supply; ESG slowing down as energy transition highlights mining as indispensable; and, Decarbonisation creating greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime →
Landowner consent requirement withdrawn for mining-related enviro applications
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th March 2022 The “contentious” landowner consent requirement for mining-related environmental authorisation (EA) or waste management licence (WML) applications has been withdrawn, law firm Webber Wentzel senior associate Tendai Bonga and partner Garyn Rapson report. With effect from March 3, consent is no... →
Appea backs CCS study in WA
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th March 2022 The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (Appea) is backing a new study by the Western Australian LNG Jobs Taskforce into opportunities for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) development in the state. The study will help... →
Microgrid planned for Far North Qld
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th March 2022 A 1 MW clean hydrogen plant will form part of renewable microgrid planned for the Diantree community, in Far North Queensland. The federal government this week announced that it had awarded Volt Advisory Group A$18.75-million over three years to develop a highly innovative renewable energy... →
Commitment to green economy is crucial, says ARM’s Patrice Motsepe
By: Martin Creamer 7th March 2022 Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has reiterated its commitment to transitioning from coal to renewable energy, with its executive chairperson Patrice Motsepe describing the global commitment to the green economy as being not only important but crucial. Motsepe was... →
African Rainbow Minerals executive chairperson Patrice Motsepe.
Decarbonisation standing out as key metals/mining value driver – Wood Mackenzie
By: Martin Creamer 4th March 2022 As pressure mounts for the world to align meaningfully with the 1.5 °C global temperature rise scenario, decarbonisation is standing out as a key driver of metals and mining value. “This has strengthened our view that the mining industry now has a clear pathway towards long-term transformative... →
Decarbonisation, Zimplats, PGM supply make headlines
4th March 2022 This week, Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses decarbonisation; Zimplat’s 185 MW solar approval; and whether the supply of platinum group metals could be impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? →
Filter press installation nearing completion
By: Halima Frost 4th March 2022 Local anthracite producer Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) is installing a filter press at its coal washing plant, in Emakhalathini, KwaZulu-Natal. The filter press will remove slurry from the water used in the coal washing process and prevent incidents such as the 1 500 m3 coal slurry spill,... →
Kimberlite research could help reverse emissions
By: Halima Frost 4th March 2022 Global diamond corporation Alrosa Group is working with Russia’s leading research centres to study the carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption capabilities of kimberlite to determine whether it could eventually be used to completely offset the company’s greenhouse-gas emissions. The results from the... →
Designs evolving to meet new outcomes
4th March 2022 Owing to the latest tailings dam standards demanding a longer-term view of design, construction and closure outcomes, a growing interest in design philosophies that incorporate shapes and processes as they exist in nature has been experienced, says SRK Consulting principal civil engineer in mine... →
Solar plant to be commissioned by May
By: Halima Frost 4th March 2022 The first photovoltaic (PV) solar plant to be completed and commissioned by a mining company in South Africa is on track to produce 100% steady-state power generation by May, says midtier gold producer Pan African Resources investor relations head Hethen Hira. The PV plant is being built by Pan... →
Decarbonisation creating greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime – Sibanye-Stillwater 
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2022 The decarbonising of the global economy to prevent climate change is going to create the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. It will also leave behind the companies that do not adapt – regardless of what industry they are in. →
ESG class action lawsuits are a growing trend in mining, oil and gas
By: Darren Parker 3rd March 2022 There is a growing global trend in terms of class action lawsuits surrounding the production of misleading information or fraudulent information in securities disclosures, which law firm Webber Wentzel partner Garyn Rapson said was dominating the environmental, social and governance (ESG) class... →
Webber Wentzel partner Garyn Rapson
Sibanye-Stillwater delivers another record performance with highest-ever dividend
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2022 Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater in 2021 delivered another record financial performance, with revenue of R172.2-billion and adjusted earnings before interest taxation depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of R68.6-billion. Revenue was 35% higher than for 2020 and Ebitda 39%... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Fortescue settles WAE buy, starts on new train
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd March 2022 Iron-ore major Fortescue this week settled its £164-million purchase of UK-based technology and engineering services business Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), marking its transition to a global green renewables and resources company. To mark the occasion, WAE and Fortescue announced the... →
US official says South Africa aid aimed at coal plants not EVs
By: Bloomberg 3rd March 2022 A group of the world’s richest nations that pledged $8.5-billion in climate finance to South Africa wants the money to be used to retire coal-fired power plants, according to a senior US official involved in the talks, damping suggestions some could be channelled to producing electric vehicles... →
Eskom's Duvha power station
ESG slowing down as energy transition highlights mining as indispensable – RMF
By: Martin Creamer 2nd March 2022 The energy transition is highlighting mining as an indispensable industry, said Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) CEO Hélène Piaget in opening a webinar on 'Responsible Mining Index (RMI) Report 2022', which reports a slowdown in economic, environmental, social and governance (ESG). “Yet there... →
Resources Watch
2nd March 2022 This week: Platinum group metals may also play role in batteries; Kumba CEO gives firm thumbs up to continued exploration in prospective Northern Cape; and, De Beers Group posts stunning financial results →
Zimbabwe platinum miner granted licence to generate 185 MW of solar power
By: Martin Creamer 1st March 2022 Zimbabwe platinum group metals mining company Zimplats has been granted a licence to generate 185 MW of its own solar power. Zimplats is already totally green through the use of hydropower and the solar power will enhance the position of the expanding company and provide security of electricity... →
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