by Gordon Barratt | Jun 19, 2020 | News
© Getty Images In 2018, natural gas surpassed coal to become the largest source of electricity generation in the United States. And during the past four months, admittedly a period of reduced power demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic, renewable energy sources such...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Inspectors patrol along the railway for transportation of coal in north China’s Shanxi Province. China will continue to reduce its outdated production capacity of coal and steel this year, the country’s top economic planner said. The country will push...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Germany is planning to more than double incentives to retrofit hardcoal-fired power plants, coalition sources said, as part of the country’s effort to cut pollution. Coal plants which are no older than a decade will become eligible for a subsidy of 390 euros ($438)...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2020 | News
David Lamont. Image: CSL.Stay on top of the latest executive appointments across the mining sector over the past week, including at BHP, Ausmex Mining, Gold Road Resources, and more. BHP is welcoming a new chief financial officer (CFO) to its ranks, David Lamont, who...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2020 | News
An aerial view of American Pacific’s 100%-owned Madison copper/gold project located near Silver Star, Montana. It has been a tough ten years for junior miners since the last gold bull market ended in 2011, but as the uncertainty of Covid-19 reignited an interest in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 18, 2020 | News
The metals processor said the new resource has the potential to “more than double” its current earnings profile Jubilee Metals Group PLC (LON:JLP) said it has secured the rights to around 150mln tonnes of copper containing tailings to be refined at its Sable refinery...