Australia’s largest aluminium smelter secures power to 2038
Tomago Aluminium has secured electricity supply through 2038 under an agreement with the Australian and New South Wales governments. Power for Australia’s largest aluminium…
BHP scales back once critical decarbonisation plans
BHP has shelved key decarbonisation projects at its Western Australian iron ore operations, said Bloomberg News citing reports by the Guardian and ABC’s Four Corners. The…
Geopolitics sidelining climate goals, says BHP’s Slattery
ONGOING energy disruptions are pushing climate goals down the priority list as governments focus on securing supplies, said Bloomberg News citing a speech by Geraldine Slattery,…
Iran war pushes up miners’ diesel costs
IRON ore miners face billions of dollars in additional fuel costs as diesel prices soar following the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, said Reuters citing a senior executive…
Is Jubilee South Africa’s best copper play?
WITH the sale of Jubilee Metals’ South African chrome and platinum group metals assets now complete, the company is officially a pure-play copper story. Just as importantly, its…
Despite Trump’s antipathy, mining companies will not abandon ESG
This article was first published in The Mining Yearbook 2025 In the US, the second administration of President Donald Trump has been dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion…
Seriti Green completes R1bn transmission station
SERITI Green has handed over a R1bn transmission station to Eskom after an 18-month construction programme, enabling the first phase of one of South Africa’s largest renewable…
How high can copper go?
COPPER is the metal most closely linked the world GDP growth earning it the Dr. Copper name, for its health check properties in respect of the world economy. But it took a human…
ARM abandons new coal investments
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals is to halt investment in new coal projects, citing increasingly stringent environmental regulations. The group, led by former lawyer Patrice Motsepe,…
Why the market has warmed to Anglo Teck
MERGER talks between Anglo American with Teck Corporation got serious only two months ago, according to the UK miner’s CEO Duncan Wanblad. Speaking to Miningmx shortly after the…
Valterra forwards all hydrogen truck inquiries to Anglo
ONE of the lesser appreciated benefits of the demerger of Valterra Platinum, formerly known as Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), from Anglo American in May is not having to…
Thungela, the coal mining success no-one expected
STRICTLY speaking, Thungela Resources CEO July Ndlovu is retiring a year earlier than at the firm’s mandatory age of 60. In a twist of fate his papers were destroyed during…
AngloGold Ashanti’s takes critical step on decarbonisation journey
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti has announced the successful completion of a major renewables project to create the largest hybrid power system in Australia’s mining sector.
For better or worse, coal is here to stay as Asia lifts market share
THE thermal coal market has moved on since the energy security crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to analysts, the outlook for thermal coal and the…
Cutifani helps form bank amid mining M&A revival
MARK Cutifani, the former CEO of Anglo American, has teamed up with mining banker Omar Davis, formerly of Bank of America to set up a merchant bank – Odin Partnership – aimed at…
Pan African transformed this Jo’burg eyesore into a new mine
It’s hard to believe that we were standing on the historic Mogale mine dump, west of Johannesburg, only 14 months ago, reimagining the future of an area scarred by the remnants…
Can the West break China’s chokehold over critical minerals?
A COALITION of 14 nations and the European Commission last month unveiled the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), a financing network aimed at breaking China’s chokehold on…
Saudi’s rise in mining is breathtaking, and problematic
L ong the world’s largest producer of oil, Saudi Arabia now seeks to unlock a treasure trove of minerals beneath its sands while using the endowment generated by decades of…
SA copper developers define 2.5Mt in metal output
MINERAL exploration in the Northern Cape over the past five years suggests the once-thriving copper district could recapture some of its former glory. In a world faced with a…
Coal’s evergreen allure hard for investors to ignore
The pendulum has swung back to coal. Look no further than Glencore which is reconsidering retaining its coal production instead of demerging and separately listing the business,…