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.

January 21, 2024

Global inventory of world’s mines needed – researchers

Researchers say that about half of the world's mining impacts remain undocumented.

January 19, 2024

Whitehaven considers sale of 20% of coal mine to steel producers

“Interest is very, very strong” in relation to a stake in Blackwater, Whitehaven CEO says.

January 19, 2024

Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

Two lines have been out of service since Sunday morning after two trains collided.