Botswana Diamonds grabs control of Thorny River
Decision comes after an unnamed company tried buying the miner's South African unit, which holds the mineral rights for the diamond project.
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One of the world’s largest clean energy projects closer to becoming reality
Sun Cable’s AAPowerLink project will deliver up to 3.2 GW of dispatchable clean energy from Australia to Singapore.
Anglo Asian grows copper footprint in Azerbaijan
The company has been awarded three new concessions, one of which covers a deposit with more than 300,000 tonnes of copper.
Australia’s top coal-exporting state expects to halve carbon emissions by 2030
The conservative New South Wales government projects it will achieve emissions reductions between 47% and 52% by 2030.
China copper smelters raise Q4 treatment charge floor ahead of miner talks
The fourth-quarter floor is up 27.3% from $55 per tonne and 5.5 cents a pound in the third quarter.
North Carolina county zoning changes to affect Piedmont Lithium project
Piedmont has already spent $58 million on the project, which would produce about 30,000 tonnes of lithium annually.
China power crisis to kick off global race for coal imports
Asia’s largest economy could also look farther afield to coal exporters like South Africa, Colombia, the US and Canada.
Germ-killing copper to be installed on Toronto and Vancouver transit
Teck Resources' Copper & Heath program installs copper products on buses, subway cars, and streetcars in the Greater Toronto Area as well as buses and SkyTrains in Metro Vancouver.
Mining companies need to be leaders in ESG — report
Being a laggard in any one of the three ESG components will hurt brand reputation and, ultimately, profits, GlobalData analyst says.