In this issue
Skillings Mining Review November 2024: our cover package maps global coal consumption—who’s still growing, who’s in structural decline, and how phase-outs by top miners shape the path to 2030. We pair it with market signals you can act on now: met coal upside (Whitehaven), gold’s surge on ECB cuts, and copper plate prices slipping on weak demand.
The energy-transition supply chain keeps moving—Rio Tinto’s Arcadium Lithium deal for EV materials, Türkiye’s expanding mining footprint, UK–Brazil critical-minerals coordination, and Kenya’s export restrictions to capture value at home. Productivity and safety get equal weight: automation as a safety game-changer, Nokia Bell Labs & Vale’s monitoring network, non-blinding screens for higher uptime, and slurry reprocessing with Grindex pumps.
We also cover Rio Tinto’s steady growth, a R400-million SA exploration fund, and community-level realities from North Leitrim’s gold resistance to South Africa’s coal price pressure. The through-line: read policy and demand honestly, invest in safer tech, and align portfolios before the curve moves.
