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BlackRock encouraged Anglo to extend talks with BHP, source says
Published: 27 May 24
Anglo American was encouraged by key shareholders including BlackRock to continue engaging in talks with BHP Group over its proposed 38.6-billion pound ($49.18-billion) mining merger, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
BHP, the world's biggest listed mining group, now has until May 29 to make a firm bid for Anglo American or it will be forced to walk away for at least six months under the UK's takeover rules after it was granted a one-week extension on Wednesday.
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China defies global copper squeeze with near-record production
Published: 27 May 24
The global copper market is gripped by fears of a shortage, which has propelled prices to record levels and sparked a $49-billion takeover battle. But in China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of the refined metal, there’s more than enough to go around.
At the center of that conundrum are the nation’s ever-expanding copper smelters. The industry is maintaining production at near-record levels — defying a scarcity of raw materials — as higher prices unlock more scrap metal for processing.
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Lack of funding remains a big concern for coal juniors
Published: 24 May 24
Amid challenging market conditions, junior coal miners in Africa face challenges in securing funding, with about 70% experiencing constraints in exploration and production owing to insufficient financing, said coal procurement and mining development company Alpha Resources and Investments CEO Selim Kaymak, citing statistics from a Mining Technology report. During a presentation at the Junior Mining Indaba on May 22, Kaymak discussed the implications of a challenging coal mining market for junior miners. In his presentation, he cited a Minerals Council South Africa statistic that junior coal miners are significant players in South African coal production, contributing up to 30% of South Africa’s overall output.
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Social elements of ESG in mining more complex, but an established part of mining's legacy
Published: 24 May 24
While there are increasingly complex regulatory requirements governing the social obligations of mines, regulations are only catching up to what some mining companies are doing to benefit mine communities and stakeholders. Mining companies understand the need to obtain a so-called 'social licence to operate' from communities in an area, and many of them also conform to international regulations, such as stock exchanges' environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting rules, as well as international norms and expectations in terms of their social obligations.
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Massive water power possibilities in underground mining, says COMRO book editor
 Published: 24 May 24
When hydropower was being developed for South Africa’s gold-mining industry, the industry was going through a tough time and the research organisation of the day, the Chamber of Mines Research Organisation or COMRO, ceased to function in the form that it had for 30-odd years. Had COMRO continued with its intense hydraulics research through what was such an uncertain time that it merged the research organisation with the CSIR, water power could conceivably have been playing a much bigger role than it is now.
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Pan African announces capital reduction to recover overpaid distributions
Published: 24 May 24
JSE- and Aim-listed Pan African Resources will host a general meeting in London on June 10 to discuss a proposed capital reduction programme.
Additionally, the company expects a court hearing to confirm the legality of its capital reduction plans by July 2, before the capital reduction becomes effective on July 3.
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Zhaojin moves ahead with compulsory acquisition of remaining Tietto shares
Published: 24 May 24
ASX-listed Tietto Minerals has reported that the off-market takeover offer made by Zhaojin Capital for all of the issued shares in Tietto that Zhaojin does not already own, closed at 19:00, Sydney time, on May 14. As at Tuesday, May 14, Zhaojin had voting power of 90.72% in Tietto.
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MC Mining acknowledges Goldway’s plans to buy all outstanding shares
Published: 24 May 24
ASX-, JSE- and Aim-listed MC Mining has acknowledged the announcement made on May 22 by investment firm Goldway Capital Investment regarding an offer to compulsorily buy out certain ordinary shares in MC Mining following Goldway's recent off-market takeover offer. The terms of the buy-out offer mirror those of the initial takeover offer. The consideration for the buy-out offer stands at A$0.16 a share.
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Municipalities, mines share the risk of tailings failures – SRK
Published: 24 May 24
Municipalities share the risk of tailings dam failure with mines, consulting firm SRK Consulting has pointed out, noting that the latest global standards reiterate how municipalities must play an important role in the emergency response and recovery efforts after such incidents. Local government in South Africa has a legal responsibility for any disaster in its jurisdiction, imposed by the country’s Disaster Management Act and the Disaster Management Framework.
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Aris Mining plans smaller-scale Soto Norte development, ups stake to 51%
Published: 24 May 24
Toronto- and New York-listed Aris Mining is set to increase its shareholding in the Soto Norte project, in Colombia, to a controlling interest of 51%.
The company will acquire an addition31% joint venture (JV) interest in the copper/gold project in a share transaction. Aris will issue 15.75-million shares to Abu Dhabi-based investment group Mubadala, representing about 9.9% ownership, with a further six-million shares to be issued on receipt of an environmental licence.
Aris also unveiled a new, smaller-scale development plan for Soto Norte, which is said to be one of the biggest undeveloped underground gold projects in South America.
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