"None of the [actions required] will be feasible if the supply of metals does not keep pace with the spectacular demands expected to be created by the needs of the energy transition," said McKay.

Modular treatment plant ideal for African mines

India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities' coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years and electricity demand is expected to rise at the fastest pace in at least 38 years, officials and analysts say.

Mt Carbine's underground potential confirmed

WA posts bumper resource year

Rio Tinto’s board backs giant Simandou iron-one mine

Eswatini Railway (ERS) Chief Executive officer Nixon Dlamini says the Sidvokodvo Coal Operation, which is a project the company is working on in partnership with Grinrod, a Mozambican-based operator of coal, has major spill-overs.

Despite limited supply, suppliers are worried that prices will fall because trading activity is still low.