February 2, 2024

British Columbia coalfields could become critical minerals source – report

Coal deposits are known to be a potential source of REEs, and work is underway in the US and elsewhere to separate and concentrate REEs during coal processing

January 31, 2024

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new…

January 30, 2024

Global clean energy spending surges to $1.8 trillion. It’s not enough

Total spending surged 17% last year to $1.8 trillion in installing renewable energy, buying electric vehicles, building hydrogen production systems and deploying other technologies

January 30, 2024

AI helps capture more CO2 with less energy

With the help of AI, researchers capture 16.7% more carbon dioxide while using 36.3% less energy from the UK National Grid. 

January 30, 2024

Wind, solar to overtake coal in China’s power mix this year

Wind and solar power connected to the grid will account for about 40% of the installed capacity in China, official figures show.

January 29, 2024

Metallurgical coke used in next-gen cement, concrete

Graphene derived from coke could serve as a reinforcing additive in cement and a replacement for sand in concrete.

January 27, 2024

Chinese engineers are keeping Russia’s metal furnaces firing

A $840-million coking plant in the steel town of Magnitogorsk is being built by a Chinese engineering giant and hundreds of Chinese workers.

January 24, 2024

India fights coal war despite energy transition pledges – study

The expansion of fossil fuel and low-carbon energy infrastructures is predicated upon direct state-sanctioned violence to facilitate land acquisition in India, new research found.

January 23, 2024

Winners of China’s 2023 coal-buying bonanza face a tougher year

Imports surged 62% in 2023 to an unprecedented 474 million tons as the government supplemented record production at home.

January 21, 2024

South32 misses output estimates, puts Colombia nickel unit under review

The miner on Monday posted a near 50% drop in second-quarter metallurgical coal output.