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China plans to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway in race to control critical mineral trade routes

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“The Chinese side wants to use the PPP model to invest over US$1 billion in the coming years,” Du said. Why Chinese players are taking private stakes in Africa’s new megaprojects A team assembled in December has completed a business and technical inspection of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority, the Tazara’s operator, and issued a report … Read more

Federal Government’s critical minerals list gets a reshuffle with a secondary ‘strategic’ bundle added

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The Federal Government has updated its critical minerals list, including a surprise addition, and, in a boon for a plethora of WA miners, will up its support for other battery metals developments. Heading into 2024 the Government will knock helium from its critical minerals list and add rare earths elements molybdenum, selenium and tellurium, as … Read more