Increased prices for fossil fuels have shifted the conversation, potentially benefitting oil and gas projects in Africa as importers scramble to diversify supply chains away from Russia.

The facility, which will be built in in Alabama, will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes of finished goods a year initially.

Worries about output cuts in Europe because of high power costs are expected to provide some support.

High metals prices expected to cushion majors' weaker production and rising costs.

SRK Consulting believes Africa can be the ‘missing resources link’ as the world prepares for an accelerating energy transition.

The cells in the average battery with a 60 kilowatt-hour (kWh) capacity contained roughly 185 kilograms of minerals.

South32 now owns 33% of the Mineração Rio do Norto bauxite mine.