by Gordon Barratt | Dec 7, 2020 | News
India’s power ministry proposes letting coal-fired power plants keep selling power after completing their agreements with buyers, a letter seen by Reuters shows, despite national promises to close old plants to curb pollution. The proposal, if approved, would...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Glecnore’s Goedgevonden coal mine in South Africa | Credit: Glencore Mining giant announces it will achieve target by ramping up ‘transition metals’ business while delivering ‘responsible stewardship’ of its coal assets Mining giant...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 4, 2020 | News
The US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) has approved the bipartisan Bill that includes a yearly programme for a national strategic uranium reserve. EPW Senate committee chairperson Senator John Barrasso stated on Thursday that the American...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Resources exports are guiding Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with iron ore continuing to set new highs as prices reach lucrative levels. Australia recorded a trade surplus of $7.5 billion in October, following a jump of $1.6 billion on September....
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Scotland’s former mining communities need more support to address issues such as poor health and high unemployment following COVID-19, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust has said. Sunday, November 29, marked National Coalfields Day, which is of added significance this...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Lighthouse Resources Inc., a coal company with mines in Wyoming and Montana, and White Stallion Energy LLC, a miner that operates in Indiana and Illinois, both filed for bankruptcy after the Covid-19 pandemic dropped coal prices. Coal companies have struggled amid an...
