January 10, 2021

Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite

Nano-graphite was obtained from coal by using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven.

January 7, 2021

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

January 7, 2021

Suncor resumes operations at Fort Hills oil sands

operations were halted last week following the deaths of two workers in a vehicle collision.

January 4, 2021

Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects in British Columbia

Mega-projects that employed over 12,000 in the Province in 2020 to scale back to less than 1,500.

December 31, 2020

Billionaire Friedland’s SPAC readies funds for clean-power push

Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp. is raising $200 million to invest in industries key to the global energy transition.

December 30, 2020

Today’s dirty utilities may be tomorrow’s ESG winners

Does it make sense to invest in a company that’s already ticked a lot of ESG boxes or one that could yet do so?

December 29, 2020

China Datang nears deal for Indonesian power projects

The state-backed energy giant has bought a majority stake in PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa’s thermal power plants in Indonesia for $394 million.

December 28, 2020

World Economic Forum tests blockchain for tracking carbon emissions

The COT is focusing on tracing carbon emission in the copper value chain and tracks GHG emissions from the mine to the smelter.

December 28, 2020

China state planner says to ensure gas, coal supplies ahead of cold spell

Top coal-producing regions like Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were urged to expand mining.

December 22, 2020

New South Wales greenlights Maxwell coal mine

The company plans to produce approximately 148 million tonnes of run-of-mine coal over 26 years.