Africa’s accelerated energy transition should leave no-one behind Africa faces a generational opportunity to create new supply chains drawing upon its 'Aladdin's cave’- like endowment of mineral wealth, panel hears. Henry Lazenby | May 10, 2022 | 12:11 pm
Redwood aims to start anode copper foil production by end of 2022 Redwood currently recycles lithium, cobalt, copper and aluminum from several sources, including the Nevada battery plant jointly owned and operated by Panasonic and Tesla. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 11:25 am
Chinese miners and battery makers team up in rush for lithium “Much of the new developments involve smaller players in China looking to secure resource supply overseas," BloombergNEF analyst says. Bloomberg News | May 10, 2022 | 9:53 am
Iron ore price at near 4-month low on interest rate, demand concerns The US Federal Reserve approved a half-a-point interest rate hike, leading to a significant decline in commodities prices denominated in US dollars. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 10, 2022 | 9:09 am
Caterpillar adds design enhancements to electric rope shovel models The design advancements can improve total cost of ownership up to 6% per operating hour and improve physical availability of the ERS up to 0.63%. Staff Writer | May 10, 2022 | 8:58 am
Demand headwinds push aluminum price to five-month low Worries about output cuts in Europe because of high power costs are expected to provide some support. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:31 am
Europe looking to get a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi Coal prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the year. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:21 am
Peru to increase public spending in mining regions to curb social conflicts Recent disputes between miners and local communities have forced two key copper mines to temporarily halt operations this year. Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:17 am
Argentina expects $4.2bn investment in its lithium sector The figure will help the country produce 175,000 tonnes of lithium in 2025, more than a tri-fold increase from the 50,000 tonnes expected this year. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2022 | 7:03 am
