by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
US President Joe Biden Donald Trump vowed to revive the coal industry, but it’s President Joe Biden who’s seeing a big comeback of the dirtiest fossil fuel. US power plants are on track to burn 23% more coal this year, the first increase since 2013, despite Biden’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
There is a looming risk of more turbulence ahead for energy markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns in its latest World Energy Outlook publication. “The world is not investing enough to meet its future energy needs, and uncertainties over policies and...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
Diversified miner Glencore has announced the sale of its Bolivian zinc assets to Canada’s Santa Cruz Silver Mining for $110-million. Glencore will receive an initial $20-million on the completion date and a further $90-million in about four years from completion....
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
The exports of lithium concentrate (spodumene) at Port Hedland have jumped from 10,494 dry metric tonnes in August to 62,230 dry metric tonnes in September, according to monthly data from Pilbara Ports Authority. In July, Port Hedland recorded 26,383 dmt of lithium...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 13, 2021 | News
Queensland Alumina Limited operations. Image: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto has become the first company to sign a statement of cooperation with the Queensland Government to secure the growth of the state’s future green industries. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 12, 2021 | News
American mining giant Freeport McMoRan broke ground on Tuesday in construction of one of the world’s biggest copper smelters near its existing refining operations in Indonesia. The $3-billion facility in Gresik, East Java, will have capacity of 1.7-million...
