by Gordon Barratt | Aug 22, 2022 | News
A joint venture (JV) led by iron-ore major Fortescue Metals will invest $90-million on exploring the Belinga iron-ore project, in Gabon, over the next three years. Fortescue announced that the JV, Ivindo Iron SA, in which the company holds an 80% interest, had...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 22, 2022 | News
India, which cuts or polishes about 90% of the diamonds sold in the world, is ramping up sales of laboratory-made gems as demand from the US surges and they become more accepted in other markets. Exports of polished lab-grown diamonds may double in the current...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 22, 2022 | News
President Joe Biden signs the bill. Australia’s critical minerals will drive the United States’ electric vehicle battery program following its move to grant preferred status to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners. The US Inflation Reduction Act is a boost for the...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 22, 2022 | News
As China looks to emerge strongly from recent COVID lockdowns, Australian miners are set to welcome the economic return of their biggest export customer. According to a new report from Ausbil Global Resources Fund, China is “likely to accelerate growth coming out...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 19, 2022 | News
The Australian resources sector has welcomed a consultation paper from the federal government on the safeguard mechanism as part of providing certainty for Australia’s biggest emitters on their pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050. Minister for Climate Change and...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 19, 2022 | News
A call for funding applications to be submitted for the development of the hydrogen economy is made in an advertisement placed today by South Africa’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). The call is for...
