South Africa’s mining industry defied the national trend in the second quarter of this year when it created more quarter-on-quarter jobs at a time when overall South African employment fell, underscoring mining’s resilience amid broader...
Canada-listed NextSource Materials has unveiled plans to build a $291-million battery anode facility (BAF) in Abu Dhabi, positioning itself as the largest anode producer outside Asia and a key supplier to Mitsubishi Chemical under a binding offtake deal. The company...
Diversified mining major BHP is pumping more than A$840-million into a suite of new projects at Olympic Dam in line with a vision to turn South Australia into a copper superpower. The investment, announced on Wednesday, covers a decline into the Southern Mine Area, a...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said coal mining is becoming one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing sectors. He said coal mining recovered dramatically from a 22 per cent decline in the first quarter to 57.5 per cent growth in the second quarter, becoming one of...
The world’s biggest copper miner, Chile’s Codelco, has named Gonzalo Lara Skiba as vice president of integrating operations at Andina, a role in which he will spearhead a shared mine plan between Codelco’s Andina and...
