Global natural graphite output to grow 7.6% in 2021 – report

South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal has boosted productivity after a 1.34 billion rand ($98 million) machinery upgrade, the firm said on Thursday.

The new measure will affect global mining firms including First Quantum Minerals, Glencore, Barrick Gold Corp and Vedanta Resources which currently pay a flat rate of 9.30 cents/kWh.

Junior miners exploring for cobalt in the DRC reckon increased prices and the country’s high-grade deposits will offset the added costs of new legislation larger companies have opposed.

Miners around the globe produced 330,000 more tonnes of copper between January and March this year than in the same period of 2017, helped by higher production in world’s leader Chile.

Conamix’s technology is intended to reduce the cost of batteries used for electric vehicles and grid storage.

Additional cuts are to come across mines and towns in South Africa, once the world’s biggest producer of gold.

Another 10 are injured after a dumping site for copper mining waste collapsed in the town of Kitwe in the country's Copperbelt province

The industry argues that the free carry -- which means the respective groups don’t have to buy their shares or pay their way -- will make new developments even less likely.

Rusal commissions bauxite mine at Dian Dian.