Base Metals
Knight Piésold: Big in the DRC
Mining Review Africa interviewed Vishal Haripersad, Managing Director of Knight Piésold about the launch of the company's local office in the DRC.
Speciality metals
Altona Energy to acquire stake in rare earth project
Altona Energy has entered a MoU with Akatswiri Mineral Resources to acquire a majority stake in a rare earth mining project in Malawi.
Base Metals
Alphamin’s Boris Kamstra on transformation of Walikale
Boris Kamstra, Director at Alphamin Resources Corp, is an event ambassador for the upcoming DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi.
Event News
Over 23,000 attendees flocked to PDAC 2020
PDAC is one of world’s premier industry events, bringing together investors, analysts, mining executives, geologists, students, and government officials.
Speciality Minerals
Li-ion demand to grow 10-fold but can supply meet demand?
An IDTechEx report provides a comprehensive overview of the Li-ion market with commentary and analysis on the bottlenecks that may hinder it.
Base Metals
Fitch lowers commodity price assumptions due to COVID-19
Fitch Ratings has lowered short-term price assumptions for aluminium, nickel, copper, zinc and thermal coal due to COVID-19 pressures.
Platinum Group Metals
Tri-metal catalyst for petrol engines developed and tested
Adoption of the Tri-Metal Catalyst can reduce catalytic converter costs for automakers and partially rebalance market demand for PGMs.
Battery metals
Orion Minerals subsidiary granted EA for mining in South Africa
Orion Minerals has announced Vardocube has been granted an EA for mining by the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.
Gold
MRA EXCLUSIVE at Mining Indaba: Mining in Francophone Africa
Richard Mugni speaks about regulatory and political hurdles in Francophone West Africa as well as the challenges experienced in Africa's cobalt-hub - the DRC.
Energy
The transition to a low carbon economy cannot happen without mining
Mines can, and will be, carbon-neutral and will use significantly less water as well deliver positive biodiversity outcomes.
