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South Africa-based Tharisa Plc , on Monday said it had agreed a $130 million debt facility with Société Générale and Absa as part of its debt capital

Botswana will take a 24% stake in Belgian gem processing firm HB Antwerp as it seeks to gain more value from its diamonds, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said Monday, a move which might start to loosen De Beers' grip on the country's diamond industry.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro suspended a committee he had appointed to restructure state oil firm PDVSA under the supervision of Tareck El Aissami, the oil minister who resigned last week amid an expanding anti-corruption probe into the company and the judiciary.

Qatar's stock market closed higher on Sunday, outperforming other bourses in the Gulf region, as expectations of a pause in rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve lifted investor sentiment.

ThyssenKrupp Chief Executive Martina Merz has defended efforts to spin off the German company's steel business ahead of a board meeting next week.

Chinese battery minerals producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Wednesday it had started trial production of lithium concentrates at its Arcadia mine in Zimbabwe.

China's lithium prices are plunging faster than expected this year, down 34% in the last four weeks alone, hit by a slump in demand for electric vehicles in the world's biggest market that has left stocks of the metal piling up.

Canada will introduce in its budget next week a 30% investment tax credit to boost clean-tech manufacturing, especially in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, two government sources familiar with the document said on Thursday.

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South Africa's Northam Platinum said on Friday it would skip a dividend payout this year despite a 67% jump in its half-year profit, as the miner focuses on its plans to acquire Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) .