Chariot moves to formalise small-scale lithium mining across Nigerian portfolio

AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor
By Newsbase 24 November 2025
ASX-listed Chariot (CC9) has signed a binding agreement with Continental Lithium to formalise small-scale lithium mining across four project clusters in Nigeria, aiming to convert artisanal operations into structured production.
The UN COP30 climate summit was another failure as the crisis accelerates and not enough it being done to stop it. The key take away was talk turned from prevention to mitigation, an admission of defeat.

COP30 another failure

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 24 November 2025
The UN climate summit, COP30 in Brazil, ended in the same sort of failure to take the decisive action needed to avoid a planetary eco-crisis, hijacked once again by energy lobbyists and marred by the total absence of the US.

Rosneft reduces shareholding in Kurdistan pipelines

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By Editorial 23 November 2025
Russia’s Rosneft has executed a strategic reduction of its shareholding in the Kurdistan Pipeline Co. (KPC), bringing its stake below the critical 50% threshold to insulate the subsidiary from the reach of US sanctions
Smog blankets Iran's capital Tehran.

Iran air pollution reaches hazardous levels, Danish embassy reports

REM - Renewable Energy
By Newsbase REM 23 November 2025
Air pollution in Tehran reaches hazardous levels with an AQI of 189 recorded at the Danish embassy. Authorities also move schools online for November 25-26 and ban outdoor sports as emergency measures are implemented across the capital.
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