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Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to have the fastest 5G subscription growth globally, rising from about 30-million in 2025 to about 370-million by 2031. By 2031, total mobile subscriptions in... 

Despite metal price and import tariff headwinds, platinum jewellery delivered growth across all markets in 2025, generating the highest demand level since 2019. South Africa is the world's largest... 

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is expected to rise by around 65% by 2050, driven largely by Asia as countries seek lower-emission alternatives to coal and data centres boost power... 

Canada and Japan are working on a range of mining projects, including potential joint stockpiling, Canada's Trade Minister told Reuters, as Japan moves to diversify supplies of critical minerals... 

Asia's imports of seaborne thermal coal are rebounding as China boosts purchases to compensate for soft domestic output and Japan and South Korea seek energy security amid the fallout from the... 

ASX-listed International Graphite (IG6) has secured a three-year commercial agreement to supply graphite concentrate to Hong Kong-based trading company Wogen Pacific. As part of the agreement,... 

The government of Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, is in talks to export more crude oil to Japan and reduce that country's reliance on the Middle East, the province's Energy Minister... 

Despite metal price and import tariff headwinds, platinum jewellery delivered growth across all markets in 2025, generating the highest demand level since 2019. South Africa is the world's largest... 

Australia’s first carbon refinery opened in New South Wales, capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from explosives giant Orica's ammonia-making operations on Kooragang Island and turning it into products... 

Australian unions said on Wednesday that they have reached a deal with Japan's Inpex to end strikes at the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) onshore and offshore facilities. Australia's Offshore... 

A deadly mining accident in China's biggest coal-producing region and mounting policy chaos around Indonesian exports are choking global supplies, which analysts and industry officials say could... 

TSX-V-listed Ucore Rare Metals has announced a strategic cooperation framework with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) to support the development of a diversified rare earth supply chain... 

Australia's Offshore Alliance plans to extend until July 6 action that could disrupt liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments, it said on Monday, after a tribunal rejected plant operator Inpex's bid... 

Martin Creamer talks about Manganese Metal Company, rare earths in the Northern Cape and Junior mining opportunities. 

India's State-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and NMDC are exploring acquisitions of coking coal assets in Russia as New Delhi seeks to secure supplies of critical raw materials, Indian... 

Japanese rare earth magnet manufacturer Shin-Etsu Chemical plans to build a new rare earth refining facility in Fukui prefecture in western Japan to strengthen its supply chain, a spokesperson... 

Sumitomo Corp provided financing to the buyers of its 54% stake in Madagascar's Ambatovy nickel operation, smoothing its exit from the loss-making project, three sources familiar with the matter... 

London-listed Pensana has achieved progress on construction of the Longonjo mine, in Angola. The $250-million development is on target and on budget for first mixed rare earth carbonite (MREC)... 

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to support US coal power plants and to ship the carbon-intensive fuel to Asia, with most of the funding...