NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Platinum demand increases On the back of economic recovery, the demand for platinum has increased. In the second quarter of 2021, the industrial demand for platinum rose 46% to exceed pre-Covid levels. In addition, platinum...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Metals and Mining M&A Mineral and mining deals worth US$1.4 billion were announced for June 2021. Deal value for June 2021 was down 5.9% from May 2021 and down 64.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of US$4.01...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 US make push toward electric vehicles President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to make half of all new vehicles sales in the US by 2030 to be zero emissions vehicles. This will mean that lithium demand in the US is set to...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Australia gold production soars Australia gold production for the first six months of 2021 has surpassed China for the same period. From January to June of 2021, Australia produced 157 tonnes of gold while China produced 153...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Record iron ore shipments Fortescue Group Ltd (“Fortescue”), which is listed on the Australian ASX, is an Australian iron ore company and is the fourth biggest iron ore producer in the world. Fortescue have recently announced it...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Botswana’s Minergy eyes LSE IPO Minergy, the only privately-owned coal mining company in Botswana has revived its plans list on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”). In 2018, Minergy halted its plans for an IPO on London’s AIM market...
NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Bacanora Lithium PLC takeover Bacanora Lithium PLC (“Bacanora”) is an AIM listed company which is focused on building, a 35 tonne per annum open pit battery grade lithium operation at its flagship asset, the Sonora Lithium Project...
NATURAL RESOURCES News August 2021 Rio Tinto’s COVID-19 vaccination plan Rio Tinto is set to partner with the Western Australia Government to establish a COVID-19 vaccination program which is aimed at targeting the communities in the Pilbara region of Western...
NATURAL RESOURCES News August 2021 Mineralised zones found in Botswana Giyani Metals Corporation which is listed on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange has announced that a feasibility study at the K.Hill manganese project in Botswana has discovered a new mineralised...
NATURAL RESOURCES News August 2021 Copper miner bumper profits The Chilean based copper mining group Antofagasta PLC’s first-half profits have almost doubled and the company raising the interim dividend nearly fourfold from 2020. This increase in profits is said to be...
