Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla. Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 10:05 am
Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 9:50 am
Gold price edges down following strong Q4 US data The latest data likely sets the tone heading into the Fed’s policy-setting committee’s two-day meeting next week. Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 9:16 am
Clean energy sets $1.1 trillion record that’s bound to be broken 2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion. Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 8:03 am
South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023. Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 7:47 am
Chile mine delays to slow copper growth; peak seen lower, later – regulator Likely output of the red metal will peak at some 7.14 million tonnes in 2030, two years later than anticipated. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:28 am
Mali industrial gold production rises 4.4% to 66.2 tonnes in 2022 Barrick Gold remains the country's biggest producer with output reaching 23 tonnes last year. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:19 am
South Africa’s RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022 The terminal saw an average of 18 trains a day in 2022, against a capacity of 32 a day. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:16 am
Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:13 am