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Critical minerals, food crops at risk of climate disruption by 2050, report shows
Published: 30 Apr 24
More than 70% of critical minerals needed for the transition to net zero emissions will be at risk from climate disruption by 2050, professional services firm PwC says. The firm's latest report, titled ‘Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities Report’, shows that the production of copper, cobalt and lithium minerals crucial for the clean energy transition could face significant or higher drought risk by 2050 under a high-emissions scenario. Currently, these critical minerals are only at a 10% risk.
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Gem recovers another greater-than-100-ct diamond
Published: 30 Apr 24
London-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered a 118.74 ct Type II white diamond recovered at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine, in Lesotho. This is the fifth diamond weighing more than 100 ct to be recovered at the mine this year.
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Glencore’s Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter remains idled
Published: 30 Apr 24
Pending an improved price and cost environment, Glencore said in its first-quarter 2024 production report on Tuesday that its Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter in South Africa’s North West province would remain idled. The London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified mining and marketing company reported 26% lower attributable first quarter ferrochrome production of 297 000 t amid the European benchmark ferrochrome price for the second quarter of this year settled at $1.52/lb, 5.6% up on the first three months of 2024.
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Gold Fields CFO takes early retirement
Published: 30 Apr 24
Gold Fields long-serving CFO Paul Schmidt, who is also an executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed gold mining company, is to proceed on early retirement, the company stated in a stock exchange announcement on Tuesday. Although his stepdown is effective from April 30, Schmidt will, remain in Gold Fields’ employ until June 30.
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Tietto asks investors to accept Zhaojin's offer or sell shares
Published: 30 Apr 24
Australia's Tietto Minerals has urged its shareholders to accept Zhaojin Mining's offer that values the firm at A$733-million or sell shares on-market if the market price is not materially different to the offer price.
Shares of the Perth-headquartered gold miner slid 2.2% to A$0.66 after the announcement on Tuesday, heading for their biggest drop in more than a week.
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Anglo under pressure to reveal plans to fend off BHP as Elliott hikes stake
Published: 30 Apr 24
Anglo American faced calls from shareholders on Monday to detail plans for improving its value in order to fend off bidder BHP, as activist investor Elliott further raised the stakes by increasing its holding in the takeover target.
BHP, the world's biggest listed mining group, is privately talking to investors about a potential revised takeover bid as it weighs up next moves after an initial $39-billion gambit for its smaller competitor was rejected by Anglo last week.
Elliott Investment Management meanwhile said in a stock exchange filing on Monday it had raised its position in London-listed Anglo to 2.6% from about 2.5% it disclosed on Friday.
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G7 nations to agree on first half of 2030s for coal phase-out
Published: 30 Apr 24
Group of Seven nations have agreed to target the first half of 2030s to phase out coal, according to the UK’s energy and nuclear minister, a key milestone for some of the world’s most industrialised economies seeking to switch to more sustainable fuels.
“To have the G-7 nations come around the table and send that signal to the world, that we, the advanced economies of the world, are committing to phasing out coal by the early 2030s is quite incredible,” Andrew Bowie told Class CNBC, calling the agreement “historic".
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Top Glencore shareholders favour keeping coal over spinoff
Published: 30 Apr 24
Several of Glencore’s largest shareholders believe that the company should retain its coal assets, according to people familiar with the matter, throwing a proposed spinoff into doubt.
Glencore, the world’s largest shipper of thermal coal with a market capitalization of about $73-billion, had said it intended to spin the business off within two years of closing a deal to buy the steelmaking coal assets of Teck Resources.
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Japanese to partner on Kalgoorlie nickel project
Published: 29 Apr 24
Japanese multinational companies Sumitomo Metal Mining (SSM) and Mitsubishi have thrown their weight behind the Kalgoorlie nickel project – Goongarrie hub, in Western Australia. ASX-listed Ardea Resources on Monday announced a binding cooperation agreement between SSM and Mitsubishi to form a 50:50 joint venture to develop the project.
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NCOP approves Climate Change Bill
Published: 29 Apr 24
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has approved the Climate Change Bill. “The Climate Change Bill will provide the much-needed legal framework to regulate activities that contribute to climate change; ensure an effective response in all spheres of government and by society at large; ensure a just transition; and maximise the opportunities afforded to our economy by the global shift to a green economy,” says Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy.
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Yearly Air Force show promises 'mini-war', aircraft displays
Published: 30 Apr 24
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Decarbonisation investment while paying carbon tax is impossible, says AMSA's Verster
Published: 30 Apr 24
Paying billions of rands in carbon tax while simultaneously investing in decarbonisation efforts is impossible, steel maker ArcelorMittal South...
