For China to meet its 2060 carbon-neutral goal, it will need a 75% increase in electricity demand to replace fossil fuels - which equates to a staggering $6.4tn investment in new power generation capacity

The value opportunity of diversified mining and energy company Exxaro Resources is rapidly transforming in line with the accelerated demand for cleaner and low-carbon resources, Exxaro Resources CEO Mxolisi Mgojo said on Thursday.

Last week, Swedish Stirling, a clean technology company that converts toxic gases into electricity, opened a new pilot power plant at Samancor Chrome's TC smelter in Mooinooi, South Africa.

South Africa is still "elephant country" and needs to boost exploration in the Northern Cape's highly prospective Namaqua metamorphic geological province in particular, says PGM Management MD Gerhard Meintjes.

South Africa has traditionally been a net importer of energy, but a relatively new clean technology could be pivotal in helping South Africa become an exporter and dramatically cut the country’s carbon emissions, says Rand Merchant Bank (RMB).

Mining giant BHP has inked a two-year partnership agreement with Chinese automotive think tank, Automotive Data of China (ADC) to support its research on the future electrification of transport in China.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has welcomed a call by the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth for the need to diversify Australia’s trade base to reduce reliance on any one market.

South Africa has an opportunity to win back its lost share of the global vanadium market, which at one stage stood at 25%-plus, says Bushveld Minerals CEO Fortune Mojapelo.