by Gordon Barratt | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Almost a third of the new coal mines planned for the world are in China, all but guaranteeing that output will keep rising in the top producer, even as calls grow for the dirtiest fossil fuel to be phased out to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Based on data...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Sinead Kaufman. Planned lithium production will fail to meet growth in demand for lithium-ion batteries that are needed to meet global climate goals, according to Rio Tinto’s minerals chief. Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Growing multi-asset Western Australian lithium company Global Lithium has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leading Korean battery manufacturer SK On to explore a range of future business opportunities. SKO is one of the fastest-growing...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Image credit: Bruce Peebles. Copyright the state of Queensland. The Queensland Government has announced a clean energy future for the state, including an end to coal-fired stations by 2035. A new dam in the Pioneer Valley near Mackay will supply half of...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 28, 2022 | News
As European countries turn to energy suppliers in Southeast Asia, driving up global prices, there are concerns that other developing countries are being forced to spend more on increasingly expensive LNG or coal. In the first half of 2022, Indonesian coal exports rose...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 28, 2022 | News
A worker walks past coal piles at a coal coking plant in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China ERS/William Hong/File Photo China approved 15 gigawatts of new coal-fired power capacity and another 30 million tonnes of coal-based iron-making capacity in the first half of...
