April 23, 2024 ESG Watch: Why climate change is leaving mining firms between a rock and a hard place By 2050, the World Bank forecasts that demand for the metals and minerals used to produce the clean energy technologies will increase by almost 500%.
April 23, 2024 Zambia seeks power imports for key mining sector State-owned Zesco stated that it is seeking to import power to avert an energy deficit that could affect output in Africa's second-largest copper producer.
April 23, 2024 Coal trains also carry respiratory diseases to communities on their way – study Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines.
April 23, 2024 China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals Norwegian risk assessment firm DNV said China's coal consumption will see a "minor uptick" in the next two years.
April 22, 2024 Energy Fuels buys Base Resources for $240 million The news sent the Australian junior's shares skyrocketing 123% while market reaction was more muted in Toronto.
April 19, 2024 Albemarle amongst recipients of tax credits under Biden’s clean energy drive Thirty five projects got a total of $1.93 billion in tax credits.
April 18, 2024 Whitehaven Q3 ROM coal output up over 2%; Blackwater stake sell underway Run-of-mine coal production for the three months ended March 31 was 4.4 million tonnes, compared with 4.3 Mt a year earlier.
April 18, 2024 US states, tribes receive $124.8 million for land reclamation work The grants are funded, in part, by a fee collected on all coal produced in the United States.
April 16, 2024 German coal mines emit much more methane than reported, study says A new analysis by Ember finds that German coal mines spew 184 times more methane than what the country reports to the UN.
April 15, 2024 Global mining investment too low to support energy transition, Rio Tinto chairman says The amount of metals required for each kilowatt of generation capacity has risen by 50% since 2010, according to the IEA.
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