by Gordon Barratt | May 26, 2022 | News
The option to keep the UK’s coal-fired power stations at normal capacity this winter to ease the energy crunch remains on the government‘s table. Speaking to the Economic Affairs Committee, Energy Minister Greg Hands said: “The UK remains committed to the phase-out of...
by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2022 | News
State-run Coal India will open this year what is expected to become one of the country’s biggest coal mines, officials said, as India struggles to keep pace with surging power demand. Production would initially start in the October to December quarter at an...
by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2022 | News
On Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Quispe is watching from the sidelines a global resource race for the world’s largest – and almost untapped – trove of battery metal lithium. Her village...
by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2022 | News
Chile’s government, which has pledged to establish a state lithium firm to develop the ultra-light battery metal, hopes to establish a model for the company by the end of the year, mining minister Marcela Hernando told local paper La Tercera. The South American...
by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2022 | News
Western Australian explorer Olympio Metals has recommenced trading on the stock exchange as it begins life as a gold and lithium explorer focused on discovery at its Goldfields and Halls Creek projects. The reinstatement to official ASX quotation follows satisfactory...
by Gordon Barratt | May 25, 2022 | News
Zenith Minerals has secured a new lithium project in Western Australia, Mt Ida North, under an option-to-purchase arrangement. The project will be explored in conjunction with the EV Metals Group under the Australian Lithium Alliance, a separate arrangement to the...