by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
New Delhi: India is grappling with an escalating crisis as stockpiles of coal, the fuel used to generate about 70% of the nation’s electricity, dwindle to the lowest in years just as power demand is set to surge. Coal-fired power stations have an average of four...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 6, 2021 | News
South Africa is abuzz with plans to meet a more ambitious climate target it recently set, centered around how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The easiest first step could be not to build new plants. South Africa’s national Integrated...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
India could face as long as six months battling to ensure coal-fired power plants have enough fuel as the nation’s energy crisis escalates. More than half the nation’s plants are on alert for outages after surging electricity demand and a slump in local coal output...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
The global energy crisis is rippling into US coal markets, with prices hitting a two year high due to surging demand and years of supply cuts. Coal from the central Appalachia region rose $2.20 to $73.25 a ton for the week ending October 1, according to government...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
Diversified miner Rio Tinto is hoping to resume full operations at its Kitimat aluminium smelter and the Kemano hydropower facility, in British Columbia, after reaching a new labour agreement with workers. The miner in September announced that it had reached an...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 5, 2021 | News
BHP Nickel West previously partnered with Toyota in January, 2021. Image: BHP. BHP has created the Green Electric Vehicle (EV) Ecosystem with two major Japanese businesses to supply nickel sulphate for EV batteries from BHP Nickel West in Western Australia. The...