Column: How do you accelerate energy transition when current crisis slams the brakes

If the answer to the energy crisis is a faster rollout of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, then the problem is that the current situation is hindering the solution.

Reuters | October 12, 2022 | 6:46 am

Shell launches consortium to speed up electrification of mining vehicles

The oil and gas giant has attracted eight companies to accelerate the adoption of electric trucks and renewables in mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2022 | 6:03 am

GM to take equity stake in Australian mining company

General Motors will invest up to $69 million and take an equity stake in Queensland Pacific Metals.

Reuters | October 11, 2022 | 1:28 pm

Rio Tinto’s aging Quebec plant gets $374 million upgrade in critical metals push

Fer et Titane plant in Sorel-Tracy to get upgrades that include electrifying furnaces and replacing coal in a push to cut the facility’s carbon emissions in half by 2030.

Bloomberg News | October 11, 2022 | 1:01 pm

Northcliff shares research into superior performance of tungsten-ion batteries

The new type of batteries can be 90+% charged in less than five minutes, and they withstand a wider range of temperatures with reduced fire risk.

Staff Writer | October 11, 2022 | 10:59 am

EV battery hopeful Britishvolt holds talks on UK site sale as outlook dims

Britishvolt is in talks to divest its 93-hectare lot in Cambois, northern England, to Slovak startup Inobat.

Bloomberg News | October 11, 2022 | 9:04 am

KGHM dismisses CEO Marcin Chludzinski and deputy

Polish miner did not give a reason for the dismissals.

Reuters | October 11, 2022 | 7:37 am

The carbon emissions of producing energy transition metals: Charted

From the lithium and cobalt needed for electric vehicle batteries to the rare earth metals which power wind turbines, procuring all of these metals comes at a cost to the environment.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | October 11, 2022 | 6:52 am

New environmentally friendly method to extract metals from Li-ion batteries launched in Canada

Toronto-based researchers are using supercritical fluid extraction to recover metals from end-of-life Li-ion batteries.

Staff Writer | October 11, 2022 | 5:05 am

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