<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705418-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Morocco names pre-qualification firms in 400MW solar project" align="left"><p>Six consortiums have pre-qualified to build a 400MW solar plant in Morocco's Atlas mountains, dubbed Noor Midelt II, the country's renewable energy agency Masen recently announced.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/145/704/240098.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=145&c=704&ct=1&ci=240098">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705043-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Barrick CEO wants to search for more copper in Zambia and Congo" align="left"><p>Barrick Gold is keen to explore for more copper deposits in Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo as the miner seeks to expand its presence on the African copperbelt, its CEO Mark Bristow said on Friday, 7 July.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/51/608/240006.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=51&c=608&ct=1&ci=240006">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704930-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Fishermen catching near windfarms. Source: Tran le Tuan/Pexels" align="left"><br><span >Fishermen catching near windfarms. Source: Tran le Tuan/Pexels</span><p>To reach net zero, the world may need as many as 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating <a href="https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021/09/irena_and_gwec_offshore_wind_energy_compact_-_final_1.pdf">2,000GW</a> of energy. To put this in context, by the end of 2022, <a href="https://www.irena.org/Publications/2023/Mar/Renewable-capacity-statistics-2023">63GW</a> of offshore wind capacity had been installed worldwide. Within the next 28 years, the offshore wind energy sector needs to expand so that it is capable of producing 32 times its current energy capacity.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/1/704/239965.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=1&c=704&ct=1&ci=239965">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704888-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="New gold discoveries to extend Barrick's Côte d'Ivoire mine operations" align="left"><p>Barrick Gold Corp's Tongon mine in Côte d'Ivoire will continue operating until at least 2030 following a significant discovery of new deposits, its director general said.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/54/608/239957.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=54&c=608&ct=1&ci=239957">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704779-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Nigeria's industrial sector rising to challenges of decarbonisation, energy security" align="left"><p>Nigeria is a major industrial hub. It is home to energy-intensive manufacturing businesses whose operations, and growth potential, are constrained by the weakness of the country's electricity supply.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/157/693/239931.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&c=693&ct=1&ci=239931">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704726-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="China's Huayou commissions $300m Zimbabwe lithium plant" align="left"><p>Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt on Wednesday, 5 July, commissioned a lithium concentrator in Zimbabwe as it seeks to consolidate its position as one of the world's top battery materials producers.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/238/608/239920.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&c=608&ct=1&ci=239920">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704376-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Offshore drilling platforms (rear) stand together at a dock yard near Singapore port. 2015. Source: Reuters/Tim Wimborne" align="left"><br><span >Offshore drilling platforms (rear) stand together at a dock yard near Singapore port. 2015. Source: Reuters/Tim Wimborne</span><p>Oil and gas companies have intensified the hunt for new deposits in a long-term bet on demand, as they reinvest some of the record profits from the fossil fuel price surge driven by the Ukraine war, according to data and industry executives.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/1/834/239829.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=1&c=834&ct=1&ci=239829">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/704320-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Haul trucks at Jwaneng diamond mine. Source: Debswana.com" align="left"><br><span >Haul trucks at Jwaneng diamond mine. Source: Debswana.com</span><p>Botswana and De Beers Group have agreed a new diamond sales deal in which the African country, the world's leading diamond producer by value, gradually increases the share of rough stones it gets from their joint venture Debswana over the next decade to 50%, the government and the mining company said on Saturday, 1 July.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/29/608/239814.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=29&c=608&ct=1&ci=239814">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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