Silicon eyed as way to boost electric car battery potential
About 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2016, a figure that is expected to jump sevenfold by 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Global oil demand under growing threat from electric cars, cleaner fuel
Analysis shows oil consumption growing in coming decades, due to rising petrochemicals, trucking and aviation demand but meeting this growth in the near term means that approvals of conventional oil projects need to double.
Osisko cuts 84 g/t over 5.3 metres at Windfall Lake
They don’t call it “Windfall” Lake for nothing.
IDM expands Red Mountain program with third drill
The company has increased its drill program by 5,400 metres; it will now drill 13,000 metres across 54 holes.
Marathon Gold advances Marathon deposit with more drilling, updated PEA
The Marathon deposit has the potential to develop an underground mine but for now management believes it’s more cost-effective to find open-pit resources at US$10 per ounce rather than more costly underground resources.
S.African watchdog orders six-month hold on job cuts in Sibanye-Lonmin deal
South Africa's Sibanye has proposed to buy Lonmin for about 285 million pounds ($365 million) to create the world's No. 2 platinum producer.
Zinc market enters period of peak tightness: Andy Home
Given the tightness in zinc metal availability, smelter supply currently trumps mine supply.
A viable alternative to LNG
Our options are actually quite limited when it comes to the globe’s energy dilemma, the answer is nuclear energy and lithium-ion battery storage technology. Now all we need to do is convince the politicians.
Indonesia’s push for electrification and its impact on domestic coal – report
Due to better coal economics and relatively unsupportive renewable energy policies, we expect coal to still dominate the fuel mix at more than 60% from now until 2027.