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Big Oil, heavy industry discuss emission curbs ahead of COP28

The gathering brought together CEOs from more than 50 companies from the oil and gas sector and the aluminum, steel and cement industries.

Reuters | October 1, 2023 | 8:25 am

LIBs’ safer cousins, KIBs, under the microscope

Scientists explore water-in-salt electrolytes used in potassium-ion batteries to make…

Staff Writer | October 1, 2023 | 5:41 am

How South Africa botched its first coal power-plant transition

Key ministers in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government have attacked the…

Bloomberg News | September 30, 2023 | 11:34 pm

Vedanta to split business into six listed companies

The metals-to-oil Indian conglomerate seeks to boost growth amid a…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2023 | 6:53 am

European insurers are underwriting 30% of US coal, study says

Coal is widely excluded from investment portfolios, and many banks…

Bloomberg News | September 28, 2023 | 2:56 pm

Manufacturers push for Canadian response to US green incentives

Lawmakers heard testimony from industry groups that warned Canada will steadily lose investment to the US on everything from steel production to mine development if it doesn’t keep pace with its neighbor.

Bloomberg News | November 1, 2022 | 1:21 pm

Dozens of US coal plant closures delayed as green energy shift slows

The plants have almost 17 gigawatts of capacity, and some have pushed back their planned closures by as long as five years.

Bloomberg News | November 1, 2022 | 1:12 pm

US carmakers passing up lithium from Australia’s first refinery

The joint venture between China’s Tianqi and Australian miner IGO in May produced the nation’s first battery-grade lithium hydroxide at its refinery near Perth.

Bloomberg News | November 1, 2022 | 12:05 pm

China Hongqiao: Plan to shift aluminum output on track despite Yunnan’s power woes

The government ordered primary aluminum producers to cut their power usage by at least 10% in September.

Reuters | November 1, 2022 | 8:37 am

Mexico, US plan clean energy hub along border, AMLO says

Mexico is looking to build five large solar plants, to help remodel car factories for electric vehicles and produce batteries and semiconductors in the state of Sonora.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2022 | 11:07 am

Next-gen electrolytes may give lithium metal batteries a boost

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries.

Staff Writer | October 31, 2022 | 6:06 am

How green material producers, buyers can capture the green premiums

Transforming the metals and mining, building materials, and plastics industries to make them compatible with sustainability targets will require increasing annual spending from $5.7 trillion to $9.2 trillion.

Staff Writer | October 30, 2022 | 11:57 am

Canada strengthening guidelines to protect critical minerals sectors

Significant transactions by foreign state-owned companies in Canada's critical minerals sectors would now only be approved on an exceptional basis.

Reuters | October 28, 2022 | 1:31 pm

South Africa, Indonesia get $1 billion to close coal plants

The allocation of $500 million each to the coal-dependent countries will come in the form of “concessional,” or low cost, finance, the World Bank-affiliated fund said in a statement.

Bloomberg News | October 28, 2022 | 11:22 am

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