Just ten years ago, the coal industry was one of Ukraine’s largest industries. However, with the beginning of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the decay of mining towns in temporarily-occupied territories, accumulating industry debts, and the...
International data and analytics company GlobalData has reported that African production of platinum group metals (PGMs) is expected to fall by 6.4% this year, in year-on-year terms. This forecast is contained in the company’s ‘Africa Mining Review –...
Australian gas producer Santos’ shares fell nearly 14% on Thursday after a consortium led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company scrapped its $18.7-billion bid for the company, saying commercial terms could not be agreed. While analysts raised concern about a third...
A new report has revealed that Australia could overtake the US to become the world’s second-largest producer of rare earth elements, behind China. The report, by global intelligence platform Earth Rarest, analysed Australia’s rare earths mining landscape,...
The US is in talks to set up a $5-billion fund to invest in mining, in what would be the government’s most significant foray into dealmaking to boost supplies of critical minerals. The US International Development Finance Corp is in discussions to establish the fund...
