by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
Gold advanced to an eight-month high above $1 900/oz as the prolonged standoff over Ukraine stoked demand for havens. The US ramped up warnings of a possible Russian attack, with President Joe Biden saying a “false-flag” event may be under way. Moscow said...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
France needs “long-term import contracts … but also to get lithium at home,” Pompili told the paper in the interview. “If we want to become a society which emits less greenhouse gases, we have to face the consequences: We need materials like...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
Image: Whitehaven Coal Whitehaven Coal has made the best of a bad situation, achieving record first-half earnings despite lower production following the scheduled Narrabri mine longwall move. The company produced 6.7 million tonnes of coal for the first half of the...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
Sandvik’s TH665B battery-electric underground mining truck. Image: Sandvik. Sandvik has almost completed testing the largest battery-electric underground mining truck for use at AngloGold Ashanti’s Sunrise Dam gold mine in Western Australia. The 65-tonne TH655B...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 17, 2022 | News
The International Energy Agency (IEA) urged the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies to address a widening shortfall in their oil production as a volatile market sends crude prices rocketing toward $100 a barrel. While fuel...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 17, 2022 | News
The German government is planning to transfer hydrogen production technology to African countries amid its efforts to quit coal and nuclear energy, a German government official said. Germany will have to import 40% to 60% of the hydrogen it needs for its energy...
