Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Implats affirmed at the South African Investment Conference on Thursday that it would commit close to R50-billion to its Southern African... 

First Quantum Minerals plans to power its copper mines in Zambia through a $500-million solar and wind energy installation funded by a TotalEnergies-backed company and Chariot. Electricity... 

Diversified mining and marketing company Anglo American has signed a memorandum of understanding with global renewable energy company EDF Renewables to work together towards developing a regional... 

Sweden-based sustainable power transition enabler Mine Storage co-founder and CEO Thomas Johansson notes that the company’s concept of using abandoned underground mines – or those under care and... 

The initial scoping study on Sovereign Metals’ Kasiya rutile project, in Malawi, has confirmed a multi-decade operation providing a stable supply of rutile and graphite, while contributing... 

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... 

Kefi has restarted development activities at the Tulu Kapi gold project following a suspension in 2021. 

 Russian hydropower group EN+ is reviewing options for aluminium giant Rusal, in which it is majority shareholder, including turning its international business into a separate entity. Western... 

Miner and trader Glencore said on Tuesday it is reviewing all its business activities in Russia including equity stakes in aluminium and hydropower group En+ Group and oil giant Rosneft. The... 

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... 

Mining companies are aggressively pursuing decarbonisation at their operations, with a myriad of different strategies, and varying timelines across the spectrum of miners, but with the same... 

Kefi Gold and Copper has reported that its joint venture subsidiary Tulu Kapi Gold Mines Share Company has worked intensely with the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines to expedite the project 

Kefi Gold and Copper has confirmed that the civil war in Ethiopia has abated and that the State of Emergency is being lifted, consequently enabling the company to start development of the Tulu Kapi... 

President Xi Jinping said China and Argentina should implement existing hydropower and railway projects and deepen cooperation in trade, industry, infrastructure, investment and anti-epidemic... 

The world’s largest hydropower company, China Three Gorges Corporation, is adding wind and solar capacity under plans to diversify its business as the era of mega-dam projects fades, Bloomberg has... 

Lithium developer Sayona Mining has acquired 121 new claims west of the Moblan lithium project, significantly expanding the footprint of its Northern Québec lithium hub. Located 3.5km west of... 

Natural gas and electricity prices have spiked to record highs, most notably in Europe and some major Asian markets, causing potentially significant economic impacts and volatility in gas and... 

Gold miner Barrick Gold revealed at a media briefing in Kinshasha, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 21, that underground drilling at the Kibali gold mine’s KCD orebody was... 

In expanding its graphite production operations in Madagascar, specialist graphite and graphene company Tirupati Graphite reports that most of the new earthmoving equipment for the 18 000 t/y plant... 

South Africa is planning to source 41% of its total energy supply from renewable energy –including solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, hydropower and concentrating solar thermal power components – by... 

It’s all about South Africa focusing attention on the generation and storage of its wonderful African sunshine and prime African wind. It’s all about going hammer and tongs for these three letters,... 

Kefi Gold and Copper has essentially completed technical and legal due diligence on the project. 

Power utility Eskom should link its delayed Tubatse pumped storage scheme to the need for Hillside Aluminium to go green. This could be done, a close observer of the intensive electricity user... 

The US will become the world's top exporter and China the top importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2022, says NYSE-listed market research and analysis company IHS Markit in its 'LNG Trade in... 

Producing ‘green steel’ in South Africa might be a distant dream, but exporting ‘green iron-ore’ is achievable in the medium term, says Afriforesight materials engineer and project innovation... 

Producing ‘green steel’ in South Africa might be a distant dream, but exporting ‘green iron-ore’ is achievable in the medium term, says Afriforesight materials engineer and project innovation... 

Natural resources company Vedanta intends to support the Zambian government in its green energy transition goals, it confirmed on December 7. This decision was bolstered by the steps already taken... 

Kefi Gold and Copper is preparing for the launch of the project. 

China's Zijin Mining has approved an investment of $769-million in a smelter for the Kamoa-Kakula copper project. 

Zambia is showing huge enthusiasm to go green and attract investment in its huge copper endowment; Glencore is ‘justly transitioning’ from coal by growing wheat in the coalfields of Mpumalanga; and... 

Kefi Minerals expects to receive project finance confirmation for its Tulu Kapi gold project by the end of January 2022. 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa Copper subsidiary has awarded China Nerin Engineering the basic engineering contract for the planned, direct-to-blister flash smelter at the Kamoa-Kakula copper... 

Diversified major Rio Tinto will invest $87-million to increase its low-carbon aluminium production in Canada with 16 new smelting cells at its AP60 smelter, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region... 

Zambia zoomed into town today and did all it could to sweep investors off their feet with pledges to be private-sector driven, surge into green energy, and do everything it can to regain top spot... 

Energy producer Woodside on Friday announced that it had secured land for its proposed H2TAS hydrogen plant, marking another step forward in the company’s plans for large-scale production of... 

Kefi Gold and Copper has been granted a mining licence for the Tulu Kapi project. 

Large-scale solar plants are often considered a viable solution for decarbonisation in emerging markets, as it ensures emission reductions and offers secure electricity supply. Simultaneously, it... 

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals’ green energy arm, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) is partnering with Papua New Guinea (PNG), to develop multiple large-scale green energy and green hydrogen... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly in South Africa, have played a key role in rocketing the performance of local alkaline electrolysers, in which PGMs are not generally... 

Anglo American is taking steps to generate electricity from water in its underground mines; A mine truck fleet of 400 is to be converted from diesel power to green and clean hydrogen power; The... 

Funding Africa’s transition to net zero by 2050 is one of the most pressing issues that Africa and the world must address, PwC states in a new report that estimates the cost of such a transition to... 

Gold and copper mining company Barrick, which is installing solar power in the US where coal-fired electricity generation is also earmarked for elimination, is intent on making plans rather than...