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Petra signs PPAs to procure wheeled renewable energy for Cullinan, Finsch
Published: 23 May 24
Diamond producer Petra Diamonds has entered into long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the procurement of wheeled renewable energy for its Cullinan and Finsch diamond mines from licenced South African energy trader Etana Energy. Etana provides cost-competitive clean energy from new large-scale renewable energy projects, mostly wind-based, through wheeling over the existing South African grid. The company has a portfolio of multiple ready-to-build and grid-secured wind and solar projects that are expected to come online over the course of 2025 and 2026.
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Reunert H1 earnings rise on Electrical Engineering, Applied Electronics segments
Published: 23 May 24
JSE-listed Reunert reported a rise in earnings during the six months ended March 31, 2024, driven by good performance in its Electrical Engineering and the Applied Electronics’ defence cluster segments. Its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) segment, however, posted a muted performance.
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Botswana Diamonds expands its land holdings in the Kalahari
Published: 23 May 24
Diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted four prospecting licences – covering just under 2 332 km2 – in the Kalahari of Botswana. The prospecting licences are in the same general area as Gem Diamonds' Ghaghoo mine, as well as Botswana Diamonds' own KX36 project.
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De Beers reports lower fourth-cycle rough diamond sales
Published: 23 May 24
Diamond miner De Beers sold $380-million worth of rough diamonds during its fourth sales cycle of this year, compared with the $446-million of diamonds sold during the third sales cycle of this year. Sales were also lower than the $479-million of diamonds sold during the fourth sales cycle of 2023.
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South32's CEO says open to buying joint Anglo manganese assets
Published: 23 May 24
Australian diversified miner South32 is open to buying Anglo American's share of two manganese operations the companies jointly own, should they come for sale at the right price, CEO Graham Kerr said on Thursday.
Anglo is the subject of a takeover offer by the world's biggest listed miner BHP Group, which had previously owned those assets but spun them out with its 2015 demerger of South32.
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Rio Tinto and Bougainville Copper face class action over mine impact
Published: 23 May 24
Miners Rio Tinto and Bougainville Copper (BCL) on Thursday confirmed that class action had been initiated against the companies in Papua New Guinea’s national court.
The action, brought forth on behalf of Bougainville residents, aims to seek compensation for alleged environmental degradation and social harm attributed to the Panguna mine, which ceased operations in 1989 due to militant activities.
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Sayona kicks off drilling at 'highly prospective' Tabba Tabba
Published: 23 May 24
North American lithium producer Sayona Mining has initiated reverse circulation (RC) drilling at its Tabba Tabba project, in Western Australia, where previous air core drilling identified potential pegmatite systems.
A recently completed gravity survey has helped focus deeper RC drilling over two areas along a 7.5 km prospective corridor. The northern area is located immediately south of the historic Tabba Tabba tantalum mine, where recent exploration by Wildcat Resources has identified encouraging lithium mineralisation.
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Eraring coal plant closure delayed by two years
Published: 23 May 24
Origin Energy will delay the closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station amid concerns renewable energy isn’t being added fast enough to keep pace with plans to quit fossil fuels.
The utility agreed to a request from the New South Wales government to keep operating part of the 2.9 GW site — which accounts for about a quarter of power demand in Australia’s most populous state — until August 2027. Origin may receive compensation of as much as A$225-million a year from the state to help cover the cost of operations.
Origin had planned to shutter Eraring as early as August 2025 as competition from cheaper solar and wind facilities has eroded profitability. More than 80% of Australia’s coal plants are likely to close by 2035 as a result of weaker earnings, declining reliability, and as states and companies aim to meet decarbonization targets, BloombergNEF said in an October report.
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BHP shares fall after Anglo American rejects proposal
Published: 23 May 24
Shares of Australia's BHP Group fell over 3% on Thursday, a day after smaller rival Anglo American rejected its third takeover proposal and agreed to a one-week extension for the deadline to make a binding offer.
Shares of BHP fell as much as 3.8% to A$44.47 by 00:26 GMT.
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Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms
Published: 23 May 24
Global mining heavyweights including Lundin Mining, Glencore and First Quantum Minerals are piling into Argentina as a new government intent on luring foreign investment propels the companies closer than ever to opening up vast copper deposits in the red-hued Andes.
It’s part of a colossal wave of spending needed worldwide to prevent a supply crunch for the metal, a critical component of the electrification push to slow climate change.
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