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Anglo American to receive coal bids in September

The sale process includes the Grosvenor and Moranbah North mines along with three smaller mines in Queensland.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 20, 2024 | 4:02 am

Thungela may consider steelmaking coal in hunt for new assets

The thermal coal producer bought Ensham mine in Australia last…

Reuters | August 19, 2024 | 8:24 am

Indonesia to name new energy minister in latest cabinet shuffle

This represents Indonesia's fourth cabinet reshuffle in the past 12…

Bloomberg News | August 18, 2024 | 5:04 pm

Diversification from China leaves $85bn gap in copper supply chain, warns WoodMac

China currently controls 97% of global smelting and refining capacity,…

Staff Writer | August 18, 2024 | 7:18 am

Fortescue, Fabrum commission Australia’s largest liquid hydrogen plant on mine site

The plant can produce approximately 350 kg of liquid hydrogen…

Staff Writer | August 16, 2024 | 10:03 am

High-capacity iron-based cathodes for EV batteries are now a reality

Researchers at Canada’s McGill University unlocked the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly materials.

Staff Writer | May 31, 2024 | 6:06 am

Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminum smelter running for another 20 years

The new electricity arrangements include demand response agreements under which NZAS may be requested to reduce electricity consumption by up to a total of 185MW.

Staff Writer | May 30, 2024 | 3:49 pm

India’s Jindal to join Venezuelan state oil venture

The news comes just months after securing a contract to run the South American country’s largest iron-ore complex.

Bloomberg News | May 30, 2024 | 10:17 am

Glencore to consult investors on coal spinoff after Teck deal

Several of Glencore’s largest shareholders believe the company should retain its coal assets.

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2024 | 2:43 pm

Europe’s biggest pension fund sells €10 billion in fossil fuels

Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has now exited all liquid assets in oil, gas and coal.

Bloomberg News | May 28, 2024 | 3:50 pm

Copper price: the squeeze has been squoze

A deeper copper price correction is likely and a new report makes predictions of $40,000/t seem even sillier than they were a week ago.

Frik Els | May 28, 2024 | 11:55 am

Most seabirds off northern Californian coast unlikely to collide with future wind turbines – study

A recent study shows that almost 80% of seabirds off the northern Californian coast fly far below the height at which potential wind turbines would operate.

Staff Writer | May 28, 2024 | 5:15 am

South African Shell-BP refinery purchase raises clean-up concern

State-owned Central Energy Fund has agreed to buy the 180,000-barrel-a-day Sapref plant for a symbolic price of one rand.

Bloomberg News | May 27, 2024 | 2:13 pm

New technique allows recycling components of solid-state batteries over and over again

Researchers have successfully applied cold sintering to the solid and liquid electrolyte components of solid-state batteries to recycle them.

Staff Writer | May 27, 2024 | 6:06 am

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