Glencore names Kalidas Madhavpeddi as new chairman
Appointment comes one week after Gary Nagle replaced Ivan Glasenberg as CEO and marks a shift to new leadership for the company.
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Shell opens 10 MW German hydrogen electrolyzer to boost green fuel output
Royal Dutch Shell launched Europe's biggest hydrogen electrolysis plant at the Wesseling site of its Rheinland refinery.
Accelerating energy transition promises big returns – report
Data by the International Renewable Energy Agency show that accelerating energy transitions on a path to climate safety can grow the world’s economy by 2.4%.
Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide battery metals, gold
Oxford researchers say it is possible to extract copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped in porous rocks at depths of 2 kilometres below dormant volcanoes.
Nauru puts UN on two-year deadline to make deep-sea mining rules
The Pacific island nation has notified a United Nations body of plans to start deep-sea mining, giving the International Seabed Authority two years to complete long-running talks on rules governing the new and controversial industry.
Royalties reform could dampen investors’ appetite for Chile’s copper sector – report
Wood Mackenzie sees little near-term impact, but warns of long-term risk.
British Columbia Supreme Court drops bombshell on natural gas industry
Court found the B.C. government infringed the Blueberry River First Nation’s treaty rights by allowing decades of industrial development in their traditional territory.
Global copper smelting eases in June; nickel pig iron jumps
Copper smelting activity slipped in June after a rebound a month earlier as Chinese plants closed for maintenance.
Vale autonomous trucks have hauled 100Mt at Brucutu
The amount of ore transported is equivalent to the weight of 35,000 major soccer stadiums like the famous Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro.
