June 12, 2023 Rio Tinto, China’s Baowu seek to use low-grade ores for cleaner steel Steel production generates up to 9% of global emissions.
June 11, 2023 Fed is set to pause and assess the effect of rate hikes Federal Reserve policymakers are about to take their first break from an interest-rate hiking campaign that started 15 months ago.
June 9, 2023 Mining’s changing ESG landscape Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.
June 9, 2023 Ghana returns to gold top spot as output jumps 32% Ghana lost the position to South Africa in 2021 after a drastic fall in output.
June 9, 2023 Altona Rare Earths shares start trading in London Altona, which is advancing the Monte Muambe rare earths project in northwest Mozambique, raised $2.5 million.
June 9, 2023 Hummingbird Resources pours first gold at Kouroussa mine in Guinea Kouroussa, Hummingbird’s second operating mine in Africa, will ramp up to commercial production during the second half of 2023.
June 8, 2023 Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals The southern African country has significant deposits of lithium as well as rare earth minerals.
June 8, 2023 CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines? Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.
June 8, 2023 Top South Africa fund bets on platinum as power cuts hit miners Coronation Fund Managers has reduced the Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. and Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd. shares in its resources fund this year.
June 8, 2023 BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
