February 12, 2025 China’s coal plant boom is undercutting clean energy push China’s planners said coal is still needed as backup to balance out the intermittent electricity provided by wind and solar.
February 11, 2025 Vale, Caterpillar extend partnership focused on decarbonization The companies also reaffirmed their commitment made in April 2024 to cooperate towards development of a dual-fuel haul truck.
February 11, 2025 Uranium ban repeal in Greenland could revive massive rare earth project, licence holder says Kvanefjeld is among the world's top three rare earth deposits outside China, capable of supplying up to 15% of global production.
February 11, 2025 US Treasury Secretary to visit Ukraine for talks on energy, rare earth minerals Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine this week, Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday,
February 10, 2025 Ontario says it would ban China from deals on minerals, energy Premier Doug Ford said the province would ban any Chinese state-owned enterprise from buying or taking equity in any government-funded asset.
February 6, 2025 Mongolia seeks to boost coal exports to China with new rail link Mongolia was China’s fourth-largest supplier of foreign coal last year, and provided 60% of coking coal imports for the nation’s massive steel mills.
February 5, 2025 NexGen nears deals to sell uranium to US utilities despite trade tensions The Canadian miner said it's in advanced talks with several US nuclear utilities to sell more uranium from its proposed $1.6 billion mine in Saskatchewan.
February 4, 2025 Sasol, Anglo American and De Beers to pilot renewable diesel in South Africa De Beers is providing the more than 20-hectare tracts of land on which the crops for the trial vegetable oil feedstock.
February 3, 2025 Mattiq, Heraeus Precious Metals partner to advance green hydrogen production The companies said they will shorten the R&D-to-commercialization timeline, rapidly advancing low-iridium catalysts from prototype to industrial-scale solutions.
February 3, 2025 ‘King coal’ is critical mineral for South Africa, minister says Coal should be considered a critical mineral in South Africa because of its contribution to employment and economy, its mineral resources minister says.
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