Botswana has received unsolicited bids from investors to build a rail line to a Namibian port that will help avoid South Africa and its disintegrating logistics network. The 1 500 km Trans-Kalahari Railway project is gathering momentum as Transnet, the...
Andromeda Metals will sell its Moonta and Alford copper-gold projects in South Australia to EnviroCopper (ECL). The transaction is to be carried out by Andromeda’s subsidiary Peninsula Resources, and EnviroCopper’s subsidiary Environmental Metals Recovery (EMR). The...
Copper prices need to nearly double in order to prompt mining companies to build costly mines to meet rising demand for critical materials, according to billionaire Robert Friedland. The mining magnate said that forecasts of copper prices reaching...
Global efforts to boost clean energy and rein in carbon emissions have had a clear impact on coal: consumption of the dirtiest fossil fuel is expected to peak this year. Total consumption of coal will reach a record high of more than 8.5-billion metric tons this year,...
The High Court of Botswana has ordered the Minister of Minerals and Energy to renew Gcwihaba Resources’ one prospecting licence and to align the effective dates of contiguous licences with that of the renewed licence within 14 days. Gcwihaba is a subsidiary of...