by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
As the black stuff burnt in the UK plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, we trace its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake by Robin McKie Britain achieved an unlikely status as a power provider last year. Its annual consumption of...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
A CENTURY from now, maybe sooner, it’s unlikely we’ll be using coal to make electricity. Or not much of it. Wind and solar are getting cheaper and they are easier to set up than building a power station that runs on heat, be it from coal, wood, rubbish or anything...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Pakistan’s biggest Tarbela Dam is observed from a helicopter in Tarbela, Pakistan, November 18, 2005. (AP) Mix of renewables to include mainly wind and solar power, but also geothermal, tidal, wave and biomass energy, according to Syed Aqeel Hussain Jafry,...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 7, 2020 | News
COVID-19 testing in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea. Image: Ok Tedi Mining. Ok Tedi Mining has halted operations in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea after the mining town recorded seven positive COVID-19 cases. The cases occurred despite Ok Tedi shutting down all charter flights...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 7, 2020 | News
Scott Technology chief executive officer John Kippenberger. Image: Scott Technology. Rio Tinto has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to Scott Technology to provide equipment for a sample preparation and analysis laboratory at the Robe Valley iron ore mine in...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 7, 2020 | News
The largest coal mining company in the United States substantially lowered the value of one of its top-producing thermal coal assets based on low expectations for future coal demand. Peabody Energy Corp. impaired the value of its North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in...
