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Mining underpins the global energy transition, with electrification driving rapid growth in demand for battery and critical minerals. Africa, which holds a significant share of the world’s cobalt, manganese, copper and bauxite, is becoming increasingly central to global supply chains. Yet most...

Coal’s place in the global energy system is shifting, but the story has been anything but a straight line.
Creamer Media’s ‘Coal 2025: The shifts reshaping coal’ report traces the value chain from resources and reserves through mining, coal preparation and downstream use, highlighting the...

South Africa’s position in the iron-ore market is shaped far more by its own domestic challenges than by global shifts. Although the country is the seventh-largest iron-ore producer globally, accounting for 3% of world supply, exports continue to be limited by rail inefficiencies and equipment...

Trafigura and Kamoa Copper copper anode shipment

Trafigura, Kamoa Copper undertake maiden copper anode sale, Lobito Corridor slashes transport time

Published: 20 Feb 26

Metals trader Trafigura and TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa Copper business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has successfully completed its first sale of low-carbon copper anodes, which is destined for delivery to non-ferrous metals supplier Aurubis Group. This initial delivery marks a...

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