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Cape Town is leading the country’s green energy transition, affirms city Alderman
Published: 22 May 24
Cape Town is really taking the lead in the green energy transition, affirmed the city’s Economic Growth MMC, Alderman James Vos, on Tuesday. He was opening Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro’s Green Hub pavilion at the Enlit Africa 2024 exhibition, in the Cape Town International Convention Centre. He highlighted that the city had a R4-billion budget, over the next three years, to upgrade and maintain its electricity grid, to enable the green energy transition. One of the priorities of this programme was to ensure grid stability, for, without grid stability, green electricity was going to go nowhere.
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South Africa refiles work-permit changes to create nomad visa
Published: 22 May 24
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs refiled long-awaited changes to its work-permit regime to allow for the creation of a so-called nomad visa for remote workers. The May 20 gazetting of the changes, which had last month been withdrawn after the department failed to observe a mandatory period for public comment, means that the changes are now law.
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Resources Watch
 Published: 22 May 24
This week: PGM-boosted green hydrogen backed by resolute South African govt's commitment; State mining training authority backing green hydrogen skills centre creation, and, Nedbank says green energy presenting South Africa with massive reindustrialisation chance
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Clock runs down on BHP’s $43bn bid for Anglo American
Published: 22 May 24
BHP Group has just hours to launch a blockbuster bid to buy smaller mining rival Anglo American — or put its audacious takeover plan on the shelf.
The proposal by the world’s biggest miner to spin off two units and then buy the remainder of Anglo would create a global copper behemoth, heralding the industry’s return to mega—deals after more than a decade. Anglo has already rejected two non-binding offers from BHP — the last worth $43-billion — and unveiled its own plans for a radical restructuring.
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AIC initiates A$50m Jericho mine development, elevating Eloise
Published: 22 May 24
Queensland copper miner AIC Mines on Wednesday pushed the button on the development of the A$50-million Jericho mine, which is set to transform its Eloise operation into a cornerstone asset.
Development of the Jericho mine and expansion of the Eloise processing plant will lift production to more than 20 000 t/y of copper and 7 500 oz/y of gold.
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Hudbay to raise $300m in bought deal equity offering
Published: 22 May 24
Canadian copper miner Hudbay Minerals plans to raise $300.2-million in an equity offering to help fund near-term growth initiatives at its Copper Mountain unit among other purposes, the company said on Tuesday.
Underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets will buy 31.6-million shares of Hudbay at $9.50 each under a bought deal.
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Iamgold reveals $300m bought-deal financing to boost Côté stake to 70%
Published: 22 May 24
Canada-headquartered Iamgold on Tuesday announced a $300-million bought deal financing at $4.17 a share to partly fund the repurchase of 9.7% in the Côté gold mine, in Sudbury, Ontario.
Iamgold’s participation in the Côté Gold Joint Venture (UJV) is 60.3% and it has an option to repurchase 9.7% from Sumitomo as part of a December 2022 funding agreement.
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Saudi Ma'aden has extracted lithium from seawater, CEO says
Published: 22 May 24
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden has successfully extracted lithium from seawater, although not at levels that are commercially viable and its project remains at the pilot stage, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday.
"We are actually producing lithium from seawater now," Robert Wilt said, without giving further details.
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Peru's 2024 copper target is realistic, mining magnates say
Published: 22 May 24
The Peruvian government's 2024 copper production goal of three-million metric tons is realistic, senior industry executives said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to boost mining investments to help lift the economy out of recession.
The South American country produced 2.76-million tons of copper last year, dropping its rank from first to second for global production of the red metal. It still ranks first globally for export volumes.
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