by Gordon Barratt | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Lithium developer Piedmont Lithium has announced plans to re-domicile from Australia to the US through a proposed scheme of arrangement. Subject to shareholder, regulatory and court approvals, Piedmont will move its primary listing from the ASX to the Nadaq capital...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Minister Monica Mutsvangwa DIGITALISATION, exploration and value addition on diamonds are some of the strategies that Zimbabwe will pursue as Government seeks to turn the country’s mining sector into a US$12 billion industry by 2023. Despite the mining sector’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 9, 2020 | News
The incoming Biden administration will have an impact on coal with more pressure and regulatory squeeze on the use of fossil fuels and a larger focus on environmental justices but the two Georgia US Senate runoff elections on Jan. 5 could create even bigger impacts...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Glencore, one of the world’s biggest coal miners, has forecast its global output will fall by more than 25 per cent but its Australian mines will be among the last to close. Bowing to pressure from investors to set a net-zero emissions goal by 2050, the Anglo-Swiss...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Thermal coal prices have traded down to more than a decade low this year, given the large scale industry shutdowns during the peak of lockdowns and a weak global gas market only added to the pressure. We expect prices to strengthen next year, but much will depend on...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 8, 2020 | News
The Ekati mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories Dominion Diamond Mines said on Monday it reached a deal to sell its Ekati mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories to holders of its second lien notes, eight months after seeking bankruptcy protection amid a...