The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed Botswana’s 2024 growth forecast to 1% from an earlier April estimate of 3.6% due mainly to lower diamond production, it said in a statement. The budget deficit is also expected to widen to 6% from 3.45% due to a fall...
The leaders of three southern African nations signed a deal to proceed with a rail and port project to help land-locked Botswana export its massive coal reserves through a Mozambican port, though they still need to find the money to make it happen. The African...
Queensland Coordinator-General Gerard Coggan has named the Vecco critical minerals project a “coordinated project”, allowing the environmental approvals process with the Queensland and Federal Governments to commence. Located 70km north of Julia Creek in northwest...
Dynamic Metals has officially formed a lithium-focused joint venture on the Widgiemooltha project in Western Australia with Mineral Resources (MinRes). The partnership sees the two companies form a 40–60 per cent unincorporated joint venture, with MinRes paying...
China’s coal imports in June rose 12% year-on-year, customs data showed on Friday, as heatwaves in the world’s top consumer of the fuel supported demand. Shipments to China were 44.6-million metric tons in June, according to the Generation Administration...
