February 16, 2021 Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.
February 15, 2021 India’s coal power use may have already peaked – report The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020.
February 14, 2021 GCC region should embrace the mining value chain to catch up with the clean energy race Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) are dealing with the dual impact from the pandemic and lower oil prices affecting fiscal states budgets.
February 14, 2021 Lithium could help control extreme heat in future fusion facilities Injecting pellets of lithium into a tokamak’s divertor could help control high-risk conditions.
February 12, 2021 Polyus switches 90% of its energy consumption to renewables Company expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 by almost half.
February 11, 2021 ALX Resources requests permit to drill at Gibbons Creek uranium project The miner says the project shows potential for unconformity-style or deeper, basement-hosted uranium mineralization.
February 9, 2021 India to be largest source of energy demand growth to 2040 Rising oil demand could double India’s oil import bill to about $181 billion by 2030.
February 9, 2021 State oil firms risk wasting $400 billion as energy transition speeds up A new report suggests that national oil companies could invest $1.9 trillion over the next ten years, meaning one-fifth of those investments would be unviable unless the oil price stayed…
February 7, 2021 World’s largest battery to be built in Australia coal-mining hub Big batteries will play a major role in filling the gaps left by the gradual retirement of coal and gas-fired generation assets.
February 7, 2021 As Glencore leaves Colombia, the country starts its energy transition The same week Glencore said it will abandon its coal mining interests in Colombia amid dropping profits, the country launched a proposal for its first battery storage system.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
