May 10, 2023 Africa needs $700 billion of finance for green energy and metals The continent’s financial institutions won’t be able to provide even half of that, according to Standard Bank.
May 9, 2023 Automakers say proposed US emissions rules pose challenges The EPA has proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by 2032.
May 9, 2023 Black lung disease more common among modern coal miners than in their predecessors Scarring from silica dust exposure was more common in contemporary miners than in those born before 1930.
May 9, 2023 China’s halts 32 coal mines in northwest, suspends expansion plans Measures follow an accident in late February at an open-pit coal mine that killed at least five and left 48 people missing.
May 8, 2023 Phasing out fossil fuels hasn’t worked. Europe has a new idea for COP28 Last year’s defeat for the EU and its allies on emissions cuts at COP27 has now set up what will be one of the hardest fights ahead of COP28.
May 8, 2023 Silver nanoparticles may become key ingredient of emission-free power New approach to building thermoelectric modules allows for converting the energy they produce into emission-free power.
May 7, 2023 Coal India profit drops after wage cost provisions jump 12-fold Coal India reported a 17% decline in profits following a 12-times surge in provisioning for higher staff wages.
May 7, 2023 Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more efficiently than similar devices.
May 6, 2023 Oil crash sends speculators fleeing at fastest pace in six weeks Speculators are once again fleeing the oil market, setting the stage for more extreme price swings.
May 5, 2023 Undersupply of magnet rare earths to hit 60,000 tonnes by 2030 Adamas Intelligence predicts that from 2023 through 2040, global demand for NdFeB magnets will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 7.5%.
