Africa’s accelerated energy transition should leave no-one behind
Africa faces a generational opportunity to create new supply chains drawing upon its 'Aladdin's cave’- like endowment of mineral wealth, panel hears.
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Redwood aims to start anode copper foil production by end of 2022
Redwood currently recycles lithium, cobalt, copper and aluminum from several sources, including the Nevada battery plant jointly owned and operated by Panasonic and Tesla.
Chinese miners and battery makers team up in rush for lithium
“Much of the new developments involve smaller players in China looking to secure resource supply overseas," BloombergNEF analyst says.
Iron ore price at near 4-month low on interest rate, demand concerns
The US Federal Reserve approved a half-a-point interest rate hike, leading to a significant decline in commodities prices denominated in US dollars.
Caterpillar adds design enhancements to electric rope shovel models
The design advancements can improve total cost of ownership up to 6% per operating hour and improve physical availability of the ERS up to 0.63%.
Demand headwinds push aluminum price to five-month low
Worries about output cuts in Europe because of high power costs are expected to provide some support.
Europe looking to get a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi
Coal prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the year.
Peru to increase public spending in mining regions to curb social conflicts
Recent disputes between miners and local communities have forced two key copper mines to temporarily halt operations this year.
Argentina expects $4.2bn investment in its lithium sector
The figure will help the country produce 175,000 tonnes of lithium in 2025, more than a tri-fold increase from the 50,000 tonnes expected this year.
