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Mining, coal-fired power plants responsible for sevenfold increase in atmospheric mercury – study

Since the beginning of the modern era, emissions from coal-fired power plants, mining and waste incineration have increased the concentration of potentially toxic mercury in the atmosphere sevenfold.

Staff Writer | November 5, 2023 | 7:51 am

Adani flagship’s profit falls 50% as coal revenue plummets

Billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship firm is facing headwinds after having…

Bloomberg News | November 2, 2023 | 6:58 am

Getech, Cozairo join forces to deliver carbon capture solutions to non-oil and gas industrial companies

Getech and Cozairo want to focus on storing carbon near…

Staff Writer | November 2, 2023 | 5:05 am

Ramaco Resources acquires DOE patent to develop US coal into carbon products

The company said its patented process converts coal and coal-related…

Amanda Stutt | November 1, 2023 | 2:57 pm

Column: Mining faces gulf between ambition and reality on energy transition, China

Mining companies in the West are facing two overarching challenges…

Reuters | November 1, 2023 | 9:38 am

How abandoned mines can become clean energy storage systems

A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions.

Staff Writer | January 17, 2023 | 7:05 am

Scientists make perovskite solar cells more efficient, stable

Researchers at the US’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed a new approach for manufacturing perovskite solar cells.

Staff Writer | January 16, 2023 | 6:06 am

This village is standing in the way of Germany’s coal revival

Activists continue to block police attempts to demolish the village of Luetzerath to make way for the expansion of an opencast coal mine.

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2023 | 11:01 am

Micro EV market expected to reach $180 billion within a decade — report

The market for electric two-, three-wheelers and microcars will reach around $180 billion by 2043, IDTechEx forecasts.

Staff Writer | January 15, 2023 | 8:23 am

Congo picks Symbion to tap methane-filled lake

New York’s Symbion Power won a bid to produce electricity from methane trapped in Lake Kivu.

Bloomberg News | January 14, 2023 | 11:41 am

CHARTS: Mining stocks gain on tech but remain an afterthought for investors

Apple is worth more than the 100 biggest mining companies, three years of global copper production and all the world's seaborne iron ore.

Frik Els | January 13, 2023 | 12:20 pm

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Mining, coal-fired power plants responsible for sevenfold increase in atmospheric mercury – study

Adani flagship’s profit falls 50% as coal revenue plummets

Getech, Cozairo join forces to deliver carbon capture solutions to non-oil and gas industrial companies

Ramaco Resources acquires DOE patent to develop US coal into carbon products

Column: Mining faces gulf between ambition and reality on energy transition, China

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How abandoned mines can become clean energy storage systems

Scientists make perovskite solar cells more efficient, stable

This village is standing in the way of Germany’s coal revival

Micro EV market expected to reach $180 billion within a decade — report

Congo picks Symbion to tap methane-filled lake

CHARTS: Mining stocks gain on tech but remain an afterthought for investors

And the winner for most volatile commodity this decade goes to…lithium

Alcoa reverts to gas for fuelling alumina refineries in Western Australia

Australia lays out plan to make biggest polluters slash emissions