The International Seabed Authority (ISA) kicked of on Monday a new two-week meeting expected to be a pivotal one as the UN body works on the world’s initial regulations for the activity, with plans to finalize its decade-long effort to enact a code by 2025....
Rio Tinto is set to develop an 80 mega-watt (MW) solar farm near Karratha, Western Australia, to supply renewable energy to the company’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara region. The farm will be built on Ngarluma Country and will be developed in partnership with...
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...
