“There is a significant amount of coal that’s being stolen,” said Eskom.

Canada's first rare earth mine is in production, and it is the first time an Indigenous business – the Det’on Cho Corporation – is extracting mineral resources from their traditional territory.

Expanded use of energy-efficient fuels across the corporate transport fleet is among the top priorities in improving the environmental profile of its production activities, the company said.

FLSmidth was chosen to provide product engineering for the first phase of ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project.

Operating earnings at the firm rose to 2.18 billion Swedish crowns ($250.8 million) from 1.42 billion a year earlier.