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Australian company Gibb River Diamonds has acquired two uranium projects in Namibia, comprising six exclusive prospecting licences covering 1 828 km2.
The company, which is also developing the Ellendale diamond project and Edjudina gold project in Australia, acquired projects in the Erongo and Kunene districts of Namibia.
Processing and recycling group Heraeus Precious Metals has announced the acquisition of McCol Metals, a specialised company based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The acquisition has seen Heraeus obtaining full ownership of McCol, underscores its focus on expanding its capabilities in recycling precious metals.
Uranium mining company Paladin Energy on Monday announced the acquisition of Fission Uranium for C1.14-billion, creating a global uranium leader with assets in Canada, Namibia and Australia.
Paladin CEO Ian Purdy said both sets of shareholders would benefit from the increased scale of the enlarged company, with a combined mineral resource representing one of the biggest among pure-play uranium companies globally.
Sluggish demand in top consumer China and soaring inventories mean funds are likely to retreat further from the copper market, analysts say, adding more pressure to prices which have dropped around 12% since hitting record highs last month. However, funds will return as shortages of the metal created by significant demand growth from the electric vehicle sector and new applications such as data centres start to appear.
Lithium industry watchers hoping the battery metal was poised to rebound from an epic slump have been hit by the realisation prices have fallen again this month, with inventories piling up as electric vehicle demand signals stay gloomy.
Spot prices of lithium carbonate in China have slid to the lowest since August 2021 and the most-active futures on the Guangzhou exchange have lost 12% so far this month. In top producer Albemarle’s latest auction on June 19, the winning bid was down 6.9% from the previous sale on June 5.
Johannesburg- and London-listed Jubilee Metals has acquired two opencast Zambia copper mining operations. “The strategic acquisition of the two opencast operations is an example of our ability to leverage our process capability to secure significant near-surface copper resources already in operation,” Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer said of the continually advancing diversified metals producer, chaired by former Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa.
Having secured permission to operate five aged power stations under existing minimum emission standards (MES) plant limits until their closure in 2030, Eskom has confirmed that it will be applying for exemption from the MES timeframes and limits for four stations that will remain operational post-2030. On May 23, the State-owned utility received confirmation from then Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy that it could continue to operate Hendrina, Grootvlei, Arnot, Camden and Kriel at existing MES plant limits until March 31, 2030.
ASX-listed Arcadia Minerals has appointed Eugene Coetzee as project manager to oversee the construction of the Swanson tantalum mine, in Namibia.
Coetzee brings more than three decades of hands-on experience in engineering and project management across diverse sectors, including mining and construction, highlighted by roles at notable operations such as De Beers Consolidated Mines, Northern Platinum and Moxico Resources’ Mimbula Minerals.
The University of Fort Hare, where the offspring of mineworkers were the first graduates, has agreed a R12.5-million, initial ten-year academic partnership with gold mining major AngloGold Ashanti, which no longer mines in this country and is now domiciled in London. Fort Hare is the university where the globally illustrious Nelson Mandela began his incompleted studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Aim-listed Andrada Mining, which owns operations in Namibia, has announced a 14% quarter-on-quarter increase in saleable tantalum concentrate production to 9 t for the quarter ended May 31, which is the first quarter of its 2025 financial year. In its quarterly operational update released on June 21, the company reported a year-on-year increase in ore processed to 237 976 t, from the 217 189 t of ore processed in the quarter ended May 31, 2023.