<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705970-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="New Mali mining law could boost state, local interest in projects to 35%" align="left"><p>Mali's military-led government is in talks with gold miners over proposed changes to its mining law that could see it boost state and private Malian interests in new projects to 35%, from up to 20% today, according to a draft of the new code seen by Reuters.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/132/608/240245.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=132&c=608&ct=1&ci=240245">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705808-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Shell to supply Morocco with LNG in 12-year deal" align="left"><p>Shell will supply Morocco with an annual 0.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) under a 12-year deal, the North African country's energy ministry said on Friday, 14 July.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/145/834/240206.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=145&c=834&ct=1&ci=240206">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705364-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Energy transition driving unprecedented growth in critical minerals market - report" align="left"><p>According to the International Energy Agency's (IEC) first annual <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/critical-minerals-market-review-2023?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=IEA+newsletters" target="_blank"><i>Critical Minerals Market Review</i></a>, the market for minerals that help power technologies key to the clean energy transition has doubled in size over the past five years.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/1/608/240084.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=1&c=608&ct=1&ci=240084">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705514-208x117.jpg?3" width=208 height=117 alt="Shell finds hydrocarbons in latest Namibia exploration well" align="left"><p>Shell said on Wednesday, 12 July, it had successfully completed drilling a fourth exploration well, Lesedi-1X, in Namibia that confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/148/834/240122.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=148&c=834&ct=1&ci=240122">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
<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>
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