Techmet takes $50m option in Rainbow’s Phalaborwa project
TECHMET, an investment company chaired by Brian Menell, could take a 15% to 33% stake in Rainbow Rare Earths' Phalaborwa project after being granted...
Sibanye-Stillwater weighs new round of restructuring at Stillwater
SIBANYE-Stillwater turned in mixed results for the third quarter in which its Australian tailings retreatment business New Century Resources posted a turnaround, but Stillwater...
Standard Bank to target critical minerals in Congo, Zambia
THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was set to become an important focus of investment for Standard Bank as the country owned minerals critical...
Exxaro raises prospect of first battery metals deal by next year
TIME is as scarce a resource as rail for Exxaro CEO Nombasa Tsengwa.
Speaking at the Joburg Indaba, Tsengwa said Exxaro once believed it had...
Ghana approves first lithium mine in deal with Atlantic Lithium
GHANA'S government has approved its first lithium mine run by a subsidiary of Australia-based Atlantic Lithium, said Reuters citing a statement by the West...
SA coal investor rides to the rescue of Bushveld Minerals
EVER since Anglo American closed the doors on its once-mighty Highveld Steel & Vanadium in 2007, investors have tried and failed to make a...
Glencore targets $1bn in earnings from urban mines by 2030
SINCE his appointment as CEO in 2021, Glencore boss Gary Nagle has nailed his colours to a mast of culture improvement and mergers &...
Critical Metals secures sales agreement for Molulu copper project
CRITICAL Metals, a UK-listed copper junior miner, said it had signed an offtake agreement with OM Metal & Resources for oxide ore produced at...
Cost of Sibanye-Stillwater lithium mine in Finland increases 11.5%
SIBANYE-Stillwater said the cost of building its Keliber lithium mine in Finland had increased to €656m from a previous estimate last year of €588m,...
How hydrogen can breathe new life into SA’s faltering PGM sector
A HYDROGEN-powered aircraft completed three hours of flight testing earlier this month, boosting plans by manufacturers Airbus and Rolls-Royce to launch carbon-free aircraft of...