by Gordon Barratt | Feb 10, 2023 | News
Anglo American has announced it acquisition of a minority 9.9 per cent interest in Canada Nickel. The Canadian company owns the Crawford nickel project in Ontario, Canada, one of the world’s largest undeveloped nickel sulphide operations. Anglo American has earned the...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 10, 2023 | News
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week knocked back Clive Palmer’s plans for a Queensland coal mine, and it’s not the first time this has happened to the mining magnate. Plibersek cited the adverse environmental impacts of the open-cut mine,...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 9, 2023 | News
Europe should consider stockpiling key minerals as part of its plan to reduce its strategic dependency on critical raw materials from outside the bloc, a top Swedish official said. The EU is looking at ways to faster develop green technologies as the US and China move...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 9, 2023 | News
Future lithium mining joint ventures between Mexico’s new state-run company and private producers must give the government a majority stake, the head of LitioMx told Reuters, while also expressing an openness to offer tax breaks to...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 9, 2023 | News
ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) expects initial construction work on a 200 MW renewable-energy plant in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, to begin during the fourth quarter of 2023, with a feasibility study into the solution...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 9, 2023 | News
Japanese oil giant Idemitsu has announced the transfer its entire 85 per cent interest in the Ensham coal mine in central Queensland. The significant stake was purchased by three different companies in a deal that cost $US240 million ($340 million). Sungela, a...
