Vale cashes in on fertilizer boom with $1.3 billion Mosaic stock sale
Brazilian iron ore giant thinks it’s time to cash in on the global fertilizer boom.
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Tantalum supply and demand after the pandemic
The tantalum industry is transitioning to an entirely new normality.
Tajik-Chinese gold project launch delayed to mid-2022
TALCO gold plans to produce up to 21,000 tonnes of antimony and 2.5 tonnes of gold per year.
New UK magnet factory for EVs should copy Chinese playbook
A British magnet factory could be built by 2024 and eventually produce 2,000 tonnes a year of rare earth magnets, enough to supply about 1 million EVs.
Work set to start on Botswana coal mine in 2022 despite pressure
Botswana is edging ahead with developing its coal resources, which are estimated at 200 billion tonnes.
Minera Alamos pours first gold at Santana mine in Mexico
Gold was recovered from material stacked during summer and intended primarily to commission the carbon recovery plant and related systems.
As Africa’s renewables grow, fossil fuels inventories drop – report
A new report by PwC states that as Africa’s fossil fuel inventories show a downturn, renewables are on the rise across the continent.
Guinea junta names AngloGold executive as mines minister
Moussa Magassouba is a western educated mining engineer and fluent English speaker, with more than 20 years of experience in the industry and no political background.
A squeeze on lithium has top producer ‘going as fast as we can’
Albemarle plans to start sales from a new plant in Chile early 2022 and from an expansion in Western Australia around the middle of the year.
