by Gordon Barratt | Apr 17, 2025 | News
Alcoa, the largest US aluminum producer, said President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on metal imports has cost the company $20-million since the duties went into effect. The Pittsburgh-based company incurred the costs on imports of aluminum from Canada, its...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 17, 2025 | News
Right-wing media jumped to defend four recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump to bolster the dying coal industry, telling viewers that reviving what they often incorrectly called “clean coal” would make the country more competitive with China and...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 17, 2025 | News
China’s state planner and energy regulator has said new coal-fired power plants are necessary during the transition away from fossil fuels to meet peak power demand and stabilise the grid. China is the world’s largest energy consumer and is heavily reliant on coal. In...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 16, 2025 | News
Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona. The potential loan, which would...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 16, 2025 | News
Chile, Canada and Peru – three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States – have told President Donald Trump’s administration that imports of the metal from their countries do not threaten US security interests and should not face...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 16, 2025 | News
Yakutia expects to increase coal production to 52 million tonnes this year, the eastern Russian region’s industry minister, Maxim Tereschenko said on Telegram. “In 2025, Yakutia plans to set a new record and mine at least 52 million tonnes of coal,”...
