by Gordon Barratt | Aug 1, 2022 | News
African Rainbow Energy and Power CEO and former Eskom CEO Brian Dames concurs fully with the energy plan unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa. “I think he’s got it right,” was Dames’s summing up of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad The world is headed for a severe shortage of copper crucial to the green-energy transition as new mines become increasingly difficult to build, according to the new head of Anglo American. “I genuinely don’t see where all of this...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Zimbabwe plans to increase royalty rates on platinum producers and introduce one for lithium miners from Jan. 1 as part of efforts to boost its coffers that have come under strain from weakening economic conditions. The rate for platinum miners will double to 5% and a...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Global coal consumption this year is set to match a record set in 2013 as European economies work to conserve supplies of natural gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Demand for coal is rising even as countries target a...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 29, 2022 | News
The biggest US coal miners are seeing soaring revenues as global demand for the dirtiest fossil fuel drives prices to record highs. Peabody Energy, the biggest US coal producer, saw second-quarter sales jump 83% to $1.32-billion, the most since 2018, the company said...
by Gordon Barratt | Jul 28, 2022 | News
Jess Kindler, President of Epiroc’s Parts & Services division and member of Group Management, has decided to leave the Group for a position at a private company based in the United States. “Jess has made significant contributions to the development and successful...
