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Diversified miner Anglo American is in exclusive negotiations with specialist engineering technology company First Mode Holding and has agreed nonbinding terms to establish a combined business to accelerate the rollout of Anglo's nuGen hydrogen-powered Zero Emissions Haulage Solution (ZEHS). The transaction with First Mode, which had partnered with Anglo and other companies to develop the nuGen ZEHS, will include a capital investment by Anglo in the combined business and is intended to accelerate... Читать дальше...

Platinum and chrome miner Bauba Resources reports that its 74%-owned exploration company Nuco Chrome business has been granted a mining right, which is valid for eight years. The mining right – notarially executed on June 23 – came into effect on June 3, and will end on June 2, 2030.

ASX- and Aim-listed uranium and polymetallic miner Aura Energy has engaged with engineering consultants DRA Global, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Senet, to start Phase 1 of the Mauritania-based Tiris uranium front-end engineering design (FEED) study. The FEED study for its 85%-owned Tiris uranium project will focus on engineering enhancement, including the addition of a vanadium pentoxide by-product recovery circuit, aimed at maintaining low capital and operating costs.

ASX-listed Fertoz has announced a joint venture with Montana-based Excel Industries to develop a fertiliser pelleting plant in the US. Fertoz will work with Excel and its affiliate Range Cubes Mill, based in Kinsey, Montana, to create a fertiliser pellet product containing nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (NPK) for the organic and regenerative agriculture market in North America.

ASX-listed Cyprium Metals has announced a capital raising via a placement and a pro rata non‐renounceable rights issue to raise up to A$26-million before costs. The company has received firm commitments in respect of a placement to issue about 139.1-million new shares at 11.5 c each to raise A$16-million from sophisticated and institutional investors.

A State Budget pack of A$68.5-million is set to boost Queensland's resources industry, including transforming the state’s new economy minerals sector into a long-term pit-to-product industry. Resources Minister Scott Stewart said that this week’s Budget was expected to inject millions into the discovery, development and manufacturing of the new economy minerals needed for renewable and advanced technology.

London-listed Petra Diamonds' sixth tender for the 2022 financial year earned it $93-million in revenue from the sale of 569 496 ct of diamonds. “The Tender 6 results conclude a strong year for Petra’s diamond sales both in terms of pricing and the demand we have seen. The significant interest shown at Tender 6 bears testament to the ongoing strength of the rough diamond market.

JSE-listed Merafe Resources has informed shareholders that the European benchmark ferrochrome price for the third quarter has been settled at $1.80/lb. That represents a 16.7% decrease from the price of $2.16/lb for the second quarter.

ASX-listed Sandfire Resources has reported an updated measured, indicated and inferred mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the MATSA mining operations, in Spain, totalling 147.2-million tonnes, containing an estimated 2.1-million tonnes of copper, 4.4-million tonnes of zinc, 1.5-million tonnes of lead and 187.6-million ounces of silver. The updated MRE, reported as at December 31, 2021, represents Sandfire’s first MRE for MATSA since it assumed ownership of the project in February, with the company

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is examining sanctions which Britain has imposed on oligarch Vladimir Potanin, chief executive of Nornickel GMKN.MM, the world's largest refined nickel producer, the exchange said on Thursday. "We are looking into the detail of the sanctions and what it may mean for the LME, its participants, and Norilsk brands," a spokesperson of the LME said in a email.

Development work at the Rincon lithium project, in Argentina, is about 90% complete, keeping the 2 000-t/y lithium carbonate operation on track for first production in the third quarter of this year. Argosy Minerals’ MD Zerko Zuvela says that the company’s operations team is getting closer to completing construction works and progressing with plant commissioning works.

British-Australian mining group Rio Tinto and beer brewer Corona Canada have launched a trial of Canada’s first specially-marked, low-carbon beverage can. The can was manufactured by Ball Corporation, using aluminium from Rio Tinto and leveraging emissions-free Elysis smelting technology.

Precious metals miner Great Panther will sell its Mexican subsidiary, which holds the Guanajuato mine complex (GMC), the Topia mine, as well as the El Horcon and Santa Rosa projects, to Guanajuato Silver (GSilver). "This is a strategic transaction that places the GMC and Topia mines in the hands of an operator who is well positioned to unlock additional value from the assets and maintain a strong commitment to employees and local stakeholders," said chairperson and interim CEO Alan Hair.