February 9, 2024

Dietary shift could generate same amount of power from renewables by 2050 as coal does today

Replacing 50% of animal products with alternative proteins by 2050 could free up enough agricultural land to generate renewable energy equivalent in volume to today’s coal-generated power, a new study…

February 8, 2024

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices 

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.

February 8, 2024

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability standard for mining at Indaba 

While European Union sustainability reporting standards will soon come into effect, there is, as of yet, no sector standard for mining.

February 8, 2024

Anglo American posts 24% rise in annual copper output

The company left its 2024 copper output guidance at 730,000-790,000 tons.

February 8, 2024

Portuguese prosecutors seek to annul environment permit for Savannah lithium mine

The Savannah mine was part of a wider probe last year by Portuguese prosecutors into alleged illegalities in lithium and "green" hydrogen deals.

February 8, 2024

Pressure groups sue LME for allowing trade of ‘polluting’ Indonesian metal

Activists allege that the LME allowed sales on its platform of copper produced at the Grasberg mine, which they claim is polluting local rivers.

February 8, 2024

‘Silver is the new gold’ as Egyptians try to protect savings

The price of one gram of silver more than doubled in a year but at about 47 Egyptian pounds, it remains far cheaper than gold.

February 7, 2024

Botswana sets aside $65m to buy 24% stake in gem trader HB Antwerp

The deal would value the Belgian company, founded in 2020, at $275 million.

February 7, 2024

Some Russian banks may have swapped gold for dollars, report says

Russia has faced a shortage of dollars and euros as it’s increasingly shut out of the western financial system.

February 7, 2024

Ivanhoe, Trafigura to be first users of Lobito Atlantic Railway Corridor

They will ship copper, cobalt and other critical minerals and metals from mines in the DRC to Angola’s port of Lobito via rail.