South African coal miners turn to trucks as rail service deteriorates
Poor maintenance, a lack of spare parts for trains, copper cable theft and vandalism have disrupted state logistics firm Transnet's freight rail services.
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Hochschild Mining gets construction green light for gold project in Brazil
Commercial production at Posse gold project, in the central-west Goiás state, is slated to begin in the first quarter of 2024.
India falls 7.6% short of coal supply targets to utilities in April
India faced its worst power crisis in over six years in April as demand hit a record high.
Organic lithium-ion batteries one step closer to becoming reality
A small molecule may be the key to the successful development of organic, metal-free, high-energy lithium-ion batteries.
Chile rejects Anglo American’s $3 billion Los Bronces expansion
Project would allow the company to tap higher grade ores from a new underground section of the mine, extending its life through 2036.
Fertilizer buyers are eyeing Canada to fill global potash deficit
The country, and the province of Saskatchewan in particular, are capturing “renewed interest” in its potash resources due to disrupted supplies of the key fertilizer from Belarus and Russia.
Grupo Mexico’s Q1 net profit falls 7.2% after Peru blockage
Mexico's top copper miner's revenues rose 9.6% to $3.76 billion, above the Refinitiv estimate of $3.68 billion.
Enough nickel, lithium for 14 million EVs in 2023 – European climate group
Global EV sales more than doubled to 4.2 million vehicles in 2021 from just over 2 million in 2020.
Nutrien boosts outlook for potash sales as fertilizer surges
Russia and Belarus account for about 40% of global potash output and exports, and sanctions and other restrictions imposed on the countries have “significantly constrained supply.”
