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Three British Columbia First Nations sign LNG development agreement

Haisla, Nisga’a sign energy, climate action pact with Halfway River First Nation.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | October 17, 2022 | 1:06 pm

Buybacks ramp up in Australia on commodity rallies, M&A drop

The increasing breadth of repurchases reflects extra profits from mining…

Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 12:43 pm

Eight-year dam delay hinders Indonesia’s move away from coal

Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 8:59 am

Platinum-lanthanum alloy may give push to next-gen fuel cells

Researchers at Tsinghua University have devised a method for combining…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2022 | 6:06 am

China won’t rush its clean energy transformation, Xi Jinping says

Xi electrified climate activists two years ago when he vowed…

Bloomberg News | October 16, 2022 | 9:12 am

New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy

Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 1, 2021 | 6:10 am

New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks

The ICLED-based sensor is able to detect methane concentrations as low as 0.1 parts per million.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 28, 2021 | 8:00 am

World’s two largest asset managers have invested $170bn in coal

The figure pales in comparison to the $1 trillion in coal investments held by almost 4,500 institutions globally as of January this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2021 | 9:50 am

A new commodities supercycle could be powering up after a long freeze

JPMorgan analyst thinks commodities have finally turned after a 12-year down cycle.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | February 22, 2021 | 11:23 am

Germany launches fuel cell fabrication lab

ZSW’s HyFaB initiative received 10.5 million euros in funding and is aimed at accelerating the transition from small-scale to mass manufacturing of fuel cells.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 19, 2021 | 6:20 am

Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study

Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 6:15 am

India’s coal power use may have already peaked – report

The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020.

Bloomberg News | February 15, 2021 | 12:07 pm

GCC region should embrace the mining value chain to catch up with the clean energy race

Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) are dealing with the dual impact from the pandemic and lower oil prices affecting fiscal states budgets.

Jamil Hijazi and Eaman Aman | February 14, 2021 | 10:37 am

Lithium could help control extreme heat in future fusion facilities

Injecting pellets of lithium into a tokamak’s divertor could help control high-risk conditions.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2021 | 6:55 am

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