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Households remain under high interest rates chokehold
Published: 18 Apr 24
South Africa’s high interest rates continue to pressurise the finances of households amid the ongoing restrictive monetary policy stance by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The latest Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) shows that, over the past two years, the country’s benchmark prime lending rate has been raised consistently to almost 12% – the highest level in 14 years.
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Rinehart broadens South America reach with Ecuadorian copper venture
Published: 18 Apr 24
Australia’s wealthiest woman, Gina Rinehart, continues to bolster her global mining footprint with a strategic investment in a copper and gold project in Ecuador. Hancock Prospecting has entered into an agreement with Titan Minerals, paving the way for a substantial stake in the Linderos copper and gold project.
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BHP nears decision on WA nickel, adjusts coal guidance
Published: 18 Apr 24
Diversified mining company BHP is nearing a decision regarding its nickel operations in Western Australia. The company, which has been conducting a review of these assets since February, is expected to unveil its long-term strategy by August, CEO Mike Henry said on Thursday.
The ongoing review encompasses a range of considerations aimed at optimising and enhancing efficiency. This includes evaluating maintenance schedules, scrutinising capital plans and curtailing contractor spend and equipment hire.
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Codelco will benefit from entry into lithium business, Moody's says
Published: 18 Apr 24
Chile's struggling state-owned copper giant Codelco will be able to diversify its business, improve cash flow and change its business profile with its entry into the lithium market, Moody's said on Wednesday.
Chile's government last year tasked Codelco with boosting state control of the country's lithium industry through partnerships with private companies.
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Chile president says Codelco copper output to grow in 2024
Published: 18 Apr 24
hilean President Gabriel Boric told a major copper industry conference on Wednesday he expects production at state-run miner Codelco to grow slowly this year and reach 1.7-million metric tons by 2030, and that he sees copper prices rising.
"The Codelco production will rebound," he said, offering a vote of confidence for the country's top copper producer whose output last year hit a quarter-century low, at 1.325 million metric tons.
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Governments must broker local support for mines, industry group says
Published: 18 Apr 24
The world's governments must do more to convince local communities and Indigenous groups to support mines that produce critical minerals needed to power the energy transition and fight climate change, the head of a prominent industry group said.
Mines across the globe increasingly face opposition for religious, ecological or other reasons, with pressure seeming to intensify in the past year after officials in Panama, responding to protests, shuttered a mine that supplies 1% of the world's copper.
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Santos posts fall in quarterly revenue on lower production, volumes
Published: 18 Apr 24
Australian oil and gas producer Santos said on Thursday its first-quarter revenue fell about 14%, hurt by lower production across its product portfolio and a decline in volumes in recent months.
Severe weather events and planned maintenance activities hurt production, while sales revenue was hit primarily due to lower liquefied natural gas and ethane volumes, partly offset by higher realised prices.
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Report questions role of CCUS in steel decarbonisation
Published: 17 Apr 24
A new report by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has shown that carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) is unlikely to play a major role in steel decarbonisation despite support for the technology at the 2023 COP28 climate conference. Direct reduced iron- (DRI-) based steelmaking, which can run on green hydrogen, is gaining momentum in the steel sector, the institute points out.
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Sedna, Haivision partner to bring video solutions to African mines, industry
Published: 17 Apr 24
African technology innovator Sedna Industrial IT Solutions has partnered with video networking and visual collaboration solutions provider Haivision to bring industrial and mining command control room solutions and software to heavy-duty businesses across the continent. Havison’s technology aims to help teams make informed decisions and react quicker in emergency or critical situations.
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South Africa needs 13 GW of gas-to-power capacity – more than the IRP envisions
 Published: 17 Apr 24
Standard Bank head of Southern Africa’s oil and gas coverage Paul Eardley-Taylor has suggested that South Africa needs 13 GW of gas-to-power (GtP) capacity, rather than the 7.2 GW to 8.6 GW outlined in the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023. Speaking at mine ventilation solutions developer Howden’s Technology Day, hosted at Mintek, in Johannesburg, on April 17, he explained that this calculation was made by considering the need to overcome Stage 6 or even Stage 7 loadshedding, when Stage 6 was being regularly achieved, as well as ensure a 15% reserve margin for winter peak demand.
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Codelco eyeing more output, not competition with BHP, Chile's mining minister says
Published: 19 Apr 24
Chile's State-run copper miner Codelco must focus on boosting its production, but it has a global prestige that would not be tarnished if it cedes...
Will the Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG, restore currency confidence?
Published: 19 Apr 24
The heightened sense of urgency within Zimbabwe’s government to act as the country’s currency crashed – losing 90% of its value since the beginning...
