The Sindh government plans to expand mining in the existing blocks in Thar coalfields in order to extract more coal for power generation. The mining of coal has been going on in two blocks with each producing 1,320MW of electricity. “This is the most...
Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals has signed a binding heads of agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the Tanbreez rare earth mine, in Greenland, from a company controlled by geologist Gregory Barnes. The Tanbreez project is a permitted critical...
A coalition of civil society organisations from Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Vietnam on June 10 launched their ‘Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)’, which emphasises the integral need for accountability, transparency and equity in...
Spartan Resources has already exceeded its latest record for deep intercepting at its newly discovered Pepper prospect in Western Australia. According to Spartan, the new deepest intercept, 30.79 metres (m) at 12.12 grams per tonne of gold (g/t) from a...
Rio Tinto will soon be a 73.5 per cent owner of the Boyne Island aluminium smelter in Gladstone, Queensland, thanks to a deal with Mitsubishi Corporation. The deal will see Rio acquire Mitsubishi’s 11.65 per cent interest in Boyne Smelters (BSL), which owns...
Codelco, the copper giant that’s about to become a major lithium player, delivered some cautious guidance on the timing of a cleaner, faster way to extract the battery metal in northern Chile. A week after signing contracts to take a majority stake in SQM’s sprawling...
