Shell gets ready to produce oil in offshore Namibia
<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&lt;/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>
Glencore first miner to export cobalt under new DRC quotas
<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&lt;/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>
TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project loses R2.2bn backing
<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&lt;/span><p>Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2bn in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately, after both hired firms to probe human rights concerns surrounding the development.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/totalenergies-led-mozambique-lng-project-loses-r22bn-backing-063275a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=263857">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals
<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&lt;/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>
Patrice Motsepe announces Harmony Gold’s ‘huge investment’
<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>&lt;/span><p>Harmony Gold chairman Patrice Motsepe said that the company is evaluating a substantial copper venture in Papua New Guinea in partnership with US mining giant Newmont Corporation.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/patrice-motsepe-announces-harmony-gold-huge-investment-629101a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=263501">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
Locals angry over TotalEnergies’ enclave model in Mozambique
<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&lt;/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>
Botswana and Angola contend for control of De Beers
<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&lt;/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>
Chevron sets its sights on West Africa for oil exploration
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2511/793311-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="A Chevron logo at the Chevron building in Houston, Texas, US, 19 August 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Kaylee Greenlee/File Photo" align="left"><br><span >A Chevron logo at the Chevron building in Houston, Texas, US, 19 August 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Kaylee Greenlee/File Photo&lt;/span><p>Chevron is looking to expand its acreage in West Africa, which is a strategic region for the US oil major, a senior executive said after striking a deal to explore for oil in two offshore blocks in Guinea-Bissau.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/chevron-sets-its-sights-on-west-africa-for-oil-exploration-626421a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=262961">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
Mozambique deliberates TotalEnergies’ LNG project proposals
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2510/793069-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: Reuters" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: Reuters&lt;/span><p>Mozambique's government may have counter-arguments to the updated budget and schedule proposed by TotalEnergies for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project it is leading in the Southern African country, President Daniel Chapo said.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/mozambique-deliberates-totalenergies-lng-project-proposals-848073a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=262879">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
Harmony Gold and others lose mining permits in Mali
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2510/792952-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Image credit: on" align="left"><br><span >Image credit: <a href="https://unsplash.com/@aboodi_vm?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">aboodi vesakaran</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-flag-on-a-flagpole-yMwqKyPMiyY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>&lt;/span><p>Mali has revoked more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those held by subsidiaries of international mining companies, according to an official decree seen by <i>Reuters</i>. Companies affected include local subsidiaries of Harmony Gold, IAMGOLD, Cora Gold, Birimian Gold, and Resolute Mining.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/harmony-gold-and-others-lose-mining-permits-in-mali-515730a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=262846">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>