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Tesla delays filing as investors await word on possible stock split 1 Battery Metals International 

Tesla delays filing as investors await word on possible stock split

Tesla Inc. needs more time to file a regular disclosure ahead of its annual shareholders’ meeting, pushing back a potential detailing of plans for issuing new shares and a possible stock split. Elon Musk’s electric-car-market leader said on Monday in a securities filing that it wouldn’t be able to file a proxy statement until sometime later this year, without providing a specific timeline. Tesla faced an April 30 deadline for filing its shareholder proxy after the end of its fiscal year on Dec. 31. “We currently expect that our definitive… Read More Here
Copper price slips on China lockdown worries 2 Copper International 

Copper price slips on China lockdown worries

The copper price slipped on Monday as covid-19 lockdowns in China and prospects of aggressive US rate hikes fuelled recession fears. Copper for delivery in July fell 4% from Friday’s settlement price, touching $4.23 per pound ($9,307 per tonne) midday Monday on the Comex market in New York, the lowest since December 1. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 47.4 points in April, down from 49.5 in March and the weakest outcome since February 2020, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said on April 30. It was the second straight… Read More Here
Set at 10%, the mining royalty rate in force in the DRC remains the highest 3 Mining in DRC 

Set at 10%, the mining royalty rate in force in the DRC remains the highest

The mining governance of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC is strongly challenged by several international organizations working in this sector. According to the March 2022 report published by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative(EITI), setting the mining royalty rate at 10%, the Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest rate in the world. The rise and fall of cobalt prices may have challenged some governments and companies. After the price hike between 2016 and 2017, the DRC government increased the royalty rate from 2% to 3.5% and then to 10%,… Read More Here
With the exception of tantalum, all other main DRC export minerals are trending down this week from May 2-7, 2022 4 Copper Cobalt Gold Mining in DRC Zinc 

With the exception of tantalum, all other main DRC export minerals are trending down this week from May 2-7, 2022

The general trend of the main mineral export products of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is downward for the main mineral exports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to projections by the National Mercurial Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Only tantalum is showing an uptrend this week. It is trading on the international market at 390 USD per Kg against 386.60 USD per Kg last week, i.e. a price increase of 3.4 USD. Copper is down this week at 10,047.05 USD per tonne against 10,284.55 USD… Read More Here
How the latest technology is driving safer, more sustainable, and optimised underground mining 5 Mining technology Equipment & Technology 

How the latest technology is driving safer, more sustainable, and optimised underground mining

The mining sector is notorious for being slow when it comes to embracing new technology. Mining is a cyclical industry, so organisations have been wary of making big changes, but trends suggest that this could be changing. According to the Mine-Site Technology Adoption Survey, 2022 Update analysis from GlobalData, 39% of mines are expected to invest in battery electric vehicles in the coming two years, compared with only 23% in the Q4 2020 survey. So, what is pushing this increased interest in battery electric vehicles? Decarbonisation is one clear factor, with sustainability… Read More Here
Dwyka to make tech tangible at Mining Indaba, conduct live virtual walkabouts 6 Events & Expos Mining technology 

Dwyka to make tech tangible at Mining Indaba, conduct live virtual walkabouts

Pan-African mining technology platform Dwyka Mining Services plans to have key technology partners join its team at the upcoming Investing in African Mining Indaba 2022 to offer their view on mining technology in an effort to “make tech tangible” for Dwyka customers. “Making technology tangible means getting people to demonstrate, interact, engage and see how technology can make a difference at their operations,” says Dwyka CEO Jamie van Schoor. The Investing in African Mining Indaba will be held in Cape Town from May 9 to 12. Dwyka assists underground mining clients to adopt and adapt to evolving technologies with a focus on supporting efforts to improve safety, health and environmental conditions in the collaborative pursuit of the digital mine of the… Read More Here
Market: the price of iron increases to 132.05 USD per ton 7 International Iron 

Market: the price of iron increases to 132.05 USD per ton

The price of iron ore rose on Friday, fueled by demand hopes as Beijing pledged to step up policy support to stabilize the economy. At a Politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping on Friday, Xi said China would adopt a set of policies to help pandemic-hit industries, step up infrastructure construction and support the healthy development of the real estate market. The benchmark iron ore on the Dalian Commodity Exchange jumped 4.2% to 870 yuan ($132.05) a ton at the close. China announced on Thursday that it would cut… Read More Here
Zambia and DRC sign Cooperating Agreements to Start Manufacturing Electric Batteries 8 Battery Metals Mining in DRC Mining in Zambia 

Zambia and DRC sign Cooperating Agreements to Start Manufacturing Electric Batteries

Head of State Félix Tshisekedi and his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema decide to harmonize their development policies and strategies vis-à-vis the mining and industrial sector for the success of the market relating to the establishment of a value in the electric battery and clean energy sector. To do this, they have set up a framework called “Battery Council of the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC – Zambia Battery Council). “Our two brotherly states agree to set up a common governance framework, called the Battery Council of… Read More Here
Gold price back above $1,900, but still on pace for monthly drop 9 Gold International 

Gold price back above $1,900, but still on pace for monthly drop

Gold reversed course and climbed back above the $1,900/oz level on Friday, as the precious metal was boosted by a pullback in the dollar. Spot gold gained 0.8% to $1,910.26/oz by 11:00 a.m. ET, having dropped to a two-month low earlier this week. US gold futures were up by 1.2%, trading at $1,915.30/oz on the Comex. “The dollar strengthening early in the week was a major driver for the gold weakness, and as we’ve seen the dollar reverse … that is clearly lending some support to gold,” Saxo Bank analyst Ole Hansen told Reuters,… Read More Here
Trafigura seeks control of Zimbabwe’s metals for unpaid debts 10 Mining Companies 

Trafigura seeks control of Zimbabwe’s metals for unpaid debts

Trafigura Group and Zimbabwe’s government have discussed a deal that would give the commodities trader control over output from some of the nation’s biggest mines as repayment for debts, documents seen by Bloomberg show. Under the agreement, Trafigura will be paid $225.6 million by nickel- and gold-mining subsidiaries of state-run Kuvimba Mining House Ltd. for fuel bills Zimbabwe owes Trafigura on contracts dating back to 2016, the documents show. Zimbabwe’s government was represented by the Finance Ministry in the agreement. Trafigura is one of the world’s biggest oil and metals… Read More Here

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