Major mining companies are looking to invest in countries they previously considered too risky, including Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, propelled by a dwindling pipeline of big copper mines elsewhere and.
Rich nations shouldn’t force South Africa to ban new coal-power projects and impose other conditions as a requirement for funding to help reduce its environmental footprint, South Africa’s energy minister said.
Gwede Mantashe.
Zambia’s mines minister said its the government had been reviewing the mining tax framework with key stakeholders to design a regime that would be stable, predictable and competitive.
“This will also attract both.
BHP Group is in talks about buying into a copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marking a dramatic departure from the world’s biggest mining company’s policy of shunning risky.
South Africa’s government will appeal two court rulings that struck down changes to rules requiring mining firms to be at least 26% owned by Black investors in perpetuity and declared it unlawful.
The State-appointed provisional liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Milingo Lungu, has been arrested and charged with laundering more than $2-million, Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission, which also handles money-laundering cases, said on.
Chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Tharisa is targeting reducing carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral in 2050.
Tharisa, which operates a single mine near Brits in the.
China plans to stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, President Xi Jinping said at a virtual United Nations General Assembly meeting on Tuesday.
The announcement came a year after Xi surprised world.
Botswana Diamonds has successfully completed its nine hole drilling programme on the Thorny River property in South Africa.
The objective was to see if two kimberlite blows (the River and River Extension blows.
