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World’s carbon dioxide hotspots pinpointed by Al Gore-backed climate project
By: Bloomberg 9th November 2022 A consortium of dozens of research nonprofits on Wednesday launched a free online platform that details greenhouse gas emissions around the world across 20 economic sectors. Climate Trace, which can be viewed on a web browser, includes a zoomable world map that displays and ranks the dirtiest 72... →
France, Germany extend €600m to support South Africa’s transition from coal
By: Martin Creamer 9th November 2022 South Africa, France and Germany have signed loan agreements for the two European nations to each extend €300-million in concessional financing to South Africa to support this country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on coal through a just transition to cleaner energy sources. Mining Weekly can... →
More governments are turning against the rush to mine the deep sea
By: Bloomberg 9th November 2022 As world leaders gather at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt this week, another international meeting is underway in Jamaica to decide the fate of the planet’s oceans. The UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority is convening in Kingston to fast-track regulations that could allow... →
Investment needed for outgoing coal, incoming renewables, impacted communities, Mapungubwe highlights 
By: Martin Creamer 8th November 2022 With South Africa having committed to transition away from coal, investments will not only be required for the retiring of coal plants and the ramping up of renewable energy, but also for coal communities, who will require alternative economic development plans to sustain the livelihoods of all... →
Countries set to bolster global methane pledge at climate summit
By: Bloomberg 8th November 2022 The European Union (EU) and US put methane on the map at COP26 in Glasgow — declaring the potent greenhouse gas a threat to Paris Agreement temperature goals and insisting emissions of it must be slashed 30% by 2030. In the year since, European countries and the US have successfully encouraged... →
Banks fall dangerously short on pledges in new net-zero study
By: Bloomberg 8th November 2022 Most banks that have published net-zero emissions targets are failing to live up to those commitments, according to a fresh study by ShareAction. The majority of the 43 largest financiers of fossil fuels in the Net Zero Banking Alliance “have climate targets that fall short of what’s needed to... →
At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival
By: Reuters 8th November 2022 World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”. The... →
Chinese demand fears haunt copper market
By: Reuters 7th November 2022 Copper prices fell on Monday after top consumer China reaffirmed its stringent Covid-19 restrictions and data from the top consumer reinforced demand worries, but sliding inventories and a lower dollar limited losses. Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange was down 1.6% at $7 970 a... →
We're on a highway to climate hell, UN boss warns 
By: Reuters 7th November 2022 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. The speech was intended to set an urgent tone as... →
Inflation denies AngloGold spectacular showing that higher grade normally assures
By: Martin Creamer 4th November 2022 Higher grade ore mined by AngloGold Ashanti in the third quarter should have meant more gold at unchanged cost – more bang for the same buck, as it were. But the current abnormally high level of inflation knocked back the potential benefits of 17% higher underground grades and 21% higher opencast... →
Instead of phasing down coal the world is burning more than ever
By: Bloomberg 4th November 2022 Last November in Glasgow, the world’s climate leaders were locked in a fierce debate over whether the final draft of the summit’s agreement should include a pledge to “phase-out” or “phase-down” coal. Since then, the more appropriate term would probably be “phase-up". →
Barrick’s competitive gold, copper position being progressively boosted by exploration
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2022 The competitive position of gold and copper mining company Barrick is being progressively boosted by exploration, which results in the company replacing extracted ore with similar quality. “We’re the only company that has replaced our ounces at the same quality through exploration – though the... →
AngloGold ups third-quarter production, cash flow as higher grades offset inflation
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2022 Gold-mining company AngloGold Ashanti reported strong year-on-year improvements in production, all-in sustaining costs and cash flow for the third quarter of 2022, as higher grades and efficiency gains helped offset the impacts of rising inflation. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed Anglogold... →
Antofagasta’s Arriagada named new ICMM chair
By: Marleny Arnoldi 2nd November 2022 UK-headquartered leadership organisation the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has appointed Iván Arriagada chairperson, succeeding Richard Adkerson. Arriagada is also CEO of Chilean copper mining group Antofagasta. →
Hydrogen economy support highlighted in maiden Anglo Platinum climate report
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2022 Active support for the creation of a viable green hydrogen economy in South Africa and globally, along with the firm underpinning of a ‘just energy transition’, are highlighted in Anglo American Platinum maiden climate change report. The report sets out the role the JSE-listed mining and... →
Coal traders turn to private finance as high demand lifts prices
By: Bloomberg 2nd November 2022 Coal traders are turning to private finance to keep shipments moving after a European ban on Russian imports sent prices up fivefold. Russia made up almost half of the European Union’s hard-coal imports in 2020, but purchases all but ceased in August as the bloc imposed sanctions over the war in... →
Green hydrogen truck trials going well – Anglo
By: Martin Creamer 1st November 2022 The 500 t world-first haulage truck powered by green hydrogen last week underwent fully loaded trialling that included tipping into the crusher at Anglo American Platinum's Mogalakwena platinum group metals mine in Limpopo. “The trials all went well,” Anglo American group technical director Tony... →
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Anglo updates on decarbonisation, biodiversity, responsible mining 
By: Martin Creamer 31st October 2022 Decarbonisation, net positive biodiversity, and progress towards assuring all operations against recognised responsible mining standards are addressed in Anglo American’s twice-yearly sustainability performance update, which was presented on Monday. Recognising that many of the metals and... →
Platinum group metals gaining ground in Australia where PGMs have critical status
By: Martin Creamer 31st October 2022 Exploration and resources development company Podium Minerals is continuing to blaze a trail in platinum group metals (PGMs) in Australia, where PGMs have been classified as critical minerals, which is also the case the US, Japan, India and the Eurozone. ASX-listed Podium on Monday announced a... →
Saudi Arabia to auction five new mining exploration licences in 2023
By: Reuters 31st October 2022 Saudi Arabia is planning to auction five new mining exploration licences with copper, zinc, lead and iron deposits for local and international investors in 2023, the mining minister said on Sunday, as it diversifies the economy away from hydrocarbons. The ministry will launch the bidding process... →
IDC increases stake in green aluminum producer
By: Martin Creamer 31st October 2022 South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has increased its shareholding in Mozambique’s Mozal Aluminium to 32.45%. Prior to this transaction, State-owned IDC held 24% equity in the hydropowered aluminium smelter, which is located 20 km west of Maputo, in Beluluane industrial park. →
The lithium market is hotter than ever and traders are moving in
By: Bloomberg 31st October 2022 When the oil market liberalised in the 1970s, a group of commodity trading buccaneers led by the infamous Marc Rich made fortunes by connecting buyers and sellers and surfing the price swings of this newly tradable commodity. Half a century later, some of Rich’s spiritual descendants are hoping... →
Ivanhoe exploration award draws high-spirited comment on northern limb
By: Martin Creamer 28th October 2022 The northern limb of the Bushveld Complex is attracting real exploration interest in the form of Platinum Group Metals, Sylvania Platinum and now Ivanhoe Mines, AmaranthCX director and founder Paul Miller has noted on LinkedIn. Platinum Group Metals and Ivanhoe are listed on the Toronto Stock... →
Glencore responds to climate suggestions, provides production update
By: Martin Creamer 28th October 2022 Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, in response to recommendations received, will take four steps to advance its climate reporting amid the world facing a rapidly closing window to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate goals. The London- and Johannesburg-listed Glencore... →
New start-up intent on improving pit-to-port turnaround times
By: Martin Creamer 27th October 2022 Three women who have been in logistics collectively for more than 30 years have formed a company intent on helping to smooth out rail and port logistics in the Southern African region. The three are Nosipho Damasane, Nyameka Madikizela and Ncumisa Dube, who have formed Indlela Connections. (Also... →
Iron-ore collapses to lowest since 2020 as demand suffers
By: Bloomberg 27th October 2022 Iron-ore extended its rout to the lowest level in more than two years on mounting concerns over global steel demand. The steel-making ingredient hit $82.45 a ton in Singapore on Thursday, its lowest since May 2020. Prices have fallen more than 50% from a peak in March. →
ArcelorMittal, BHP and Mitsubishi partner on green steel
By: Esmarie Iannucci 27th October 2022 Diversified giant BHP has joined forces with steel major ArcelorMittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) to collaborate on a multi-year trial of MHIENG’s carbon capture technology with ArcelorMittal, following the signing of a funding agreement between the parties. The... →
Energy crisis sparked by Ukraine war to speed up green transition – IEA
By: Reuters 27th October 2022 The drop in Russian fossil fuel exports after its Ukraine invasion this year will transform the global energy landscape for decades and can help to hasten a green energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. The IEA's annual World Energy Outlook acknowledges the... →
Inflation-hit metals miners are seeing early signs of cost relief
By: Bloomberg 27th October 2022 Mining companies are starting to see signs of easing costs to dig up industrial metals, after spending months dealing with accelerating inflation that eroded earnings. The financial chiefs of First Quantum Minerals and Lundin Mining noted a shifting trend on costs for mine supplies during their... →
Make green hydrogen part of official economic recovery plan, Dept of Science and Innovation urges
By: Martin Creamer 26th October 2022 South Africa should leverage the hydrogen opportunity as part of its official economic reconstruction and economic recovery plan. Dr Cosmas Chiteme, the director of hydrogen and energy at Department of Science and Innovation, highlighted this as the top key message on the way forward at the... →
Orion has achieved vital funding milestone – S2 Research
By: Martin Creamer 26th October 2022 Mine development company Orion Minerals has achieved a vital funding milestone in very difficult market circumstances., S2 Research’s Simon Hudson-Peacock states in an analysis of the convertible loan of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and a valuation update. Orion’s Prieska... →
Now nickel, zinc and molybdenum can obtain ‘mark’ to signal responsible production
By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th October 2022 The Copper Mark has launched a pilot programme to extend its assurance framework for responsible production to molybdenum, nickel and zinc, with producers of these metals soon able to achieve their respective ‘mark’. The pilot is the result of a deepening collaboration between the Copper Mark,... →
Petra Diamonds taking comfort from underlying fundamental market support
By: Martin Creamer 25th October 2022 Notwithstanding the recent softening of the diamond market and issues that have affected production at the Cullinan and Finch diamonds mines, Petra Diamonds remains in a strong position, being considerably more resilient through its strengthened balance sheet and the implementation of its... →
World is in its 'first truly global energy crisis' - IEA's Birol
By: Reuters 25th October 2022 Tightening markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide and major oil producers cutting supply have put the world in the middle of "the first truly global energy crisis", the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. Rising imports of LNG to Europe amid the Ukraine... →
Researchers find possible replacement for rare earth in magnets
By: Bloomberg 25th October 2022 Scientists may have discovered a method for making magnets used in wind turbines and electric cars without the rare-earth metals that are almost exclusively produced in China. A team from the University of Cambridge and colleagues from Austria found a new way to make tetrataenite, a possible... →
Platinum-linked green hydrogen economy has $10-trillion-a-year opportunity tag
By: Martin Creamer 24th October 2022 The three letters PEM, which flag platinum-using green hydrogen and fuel cell solutions, are written all over the American green hydrogen company Plug, which is advancing into a potential $10-trillion-a-year sector. Plug’s PEM electrolyser solutions produce carbon-free green hydrogen using... →
Steel decarbonisation progressing steadily
By: Schalk Burger 21st October 2022 Efforts to decarbonise steelmaking include the deployment of new technologies to existing and new steel plants, and changing the format of raw materials, as well as how raw materials are mined, processed and transported. During a panel discussion hosted by news company Financial Times' Mining... →
WoodMac says climate goals will not realise at current mining investment rates
By: Marleny Arnoldi 21st October 2022 Research and consultancy group Wood Makenzie (WoodMac) says the global energy transition presents an almost unattainable mine supply challenge, with significant investment and price incentives required. In its latest report, titled ‘Red metal, green demand: copper’s critical role in achieving... →
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