by Gordon Barratt | Feb 21, 2022 | News
Rio Tinto’s Bell Bay aluminium smelter in Tasmania. Rio Tinto has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to investigate the development of new industries and boost the resources sector’s contribution to the state’s economy. A Memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
At the COP26 climate conference last year, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính unexpectedly announced a target of reaching net zero by 2050. The country also signed the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition statement, in which it committed to rapidly scale up...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
A Belarusian potash miner that accounts for a major chunk of global supply has declared force majeure, shaking up a market that’s already contending with soaring prices. Belaruskali said around February 16 that it won’t be able to meet its contracts, according to a...
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...
