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<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2512/798908-240x135.png?8" width="240" height="135" alt="Energy security takes centre stage as global coal demand hits record high in 2025 (Image source: © Future Coal" align="left"><br><span &...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2512/798013-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Shell logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken 4 September 2022. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration" align="left"><br><span >Shell logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken 4 September 2022. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration</span><p>Shell is preparing to launch a new drilling campaign in the PEL 39 exploration block offshore Namibia from April 2026 with its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company, Namcor.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/shell-gets-ready-to-produce-oil-in-offshore-namibia-849833a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=264189">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2512/797934-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: Reuters/Jonny Hogg/File Photo" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: Reuters/Jonny Hogg/File Photo</span><p>Glencore has become the first miner to export cobalt under the Democratic Republic of Congo's new quotas, sending a small initial shipment to test the system, one government source and two trade sources familiar with the matter told <i>Reuters</i>.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/glencore-first-miner-to-export-cobalt-under-new-drc-quotas-516510a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=264166">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2512/796791-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo</...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2511/796280-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="An Apple logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration created on 25 August 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo" align="left"><br><span >An Apple logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration created on 25 August 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo</span><p>A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-over-congo-conflict-minerals-396458a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=263733">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://b.biz-file.com/c/2511/795391-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: Screenshot/Bloomberg" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: Screenshot/<i>Bloomberg</i></span>&...
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2511/794489-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Women walk past a Mozambique soldier inside a camp for the internally displaced in the town of Quitunda, Mozambique, 22 September 2021. Image credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo" align="left"><br><span >Women walk past a Mozambique soldier inside a camp for the internally displaced in the town of Quitunda, Mozambique, 22 September 2021. Image credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo</span><p>Hotel manager Fernando Cuna waited four years for TotalEnergies to resume construction of its $20bn liquefied natural gas project on Mozambique's coast, hoping it would bring clients to the nearby town of Palma. In a province where the average household income is less than $1 per day, locals like Cuna invested in hotels, catering and transport to benefit from the French oil major's 13 million tonne-per-year LNG project, only to see it suspended in 2021 due to Islamist militant attacks that killed dozens in Palma.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/locals-angry-over-totalenergies-enclave-model-in-mozambique-407099a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=263285">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2511/793834-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko</span><p>The mining ministers of Botswana and Angola are set to meet for talks in Botswana's capital, as the two Southern African countries seek to take control of Anglo American diamond unit De Beers.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/botswana-and-angola-contend-for-control-of-de-beers-063335a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=263097">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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