by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
A lucrative phosphate deposit in Norway caught the attention of local scientists. What sounded rather unspectacular at first has turned into one of Europe’s most fascinating discoveries. Norway does not belong to the EU. Its huge deposit has certainly piqued the...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an effort to encourage prospecting for non-diamond minerals, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi told the virtual 2021...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Image: Shutterstock China built more than three times as much new coal power capacity as all the other countries in the world combined last year. That’s according to a new survey by the San Francisco-based think tank Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and the independent...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
South African coal company Exxaro Resources will not invest in new thermal coal assets, Chief Executive Mxolisi Mgojo said on Tuesday. Exxaro, which exports coal as well as supplying it for domestic power generation, said the company would continue to supply thermal...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Joe Biden puts moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal land but not for coal. Joe Biden’s executive actions to address the climate emergency have already marked him as the most ambitious president in US history to tackle global warming. Biden will curb...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 3, 2021 | News
Australian coal producer New Hope has warned that it may have to cut more jobs at its 4.8mn t/yr New Acland thermal coal mine, after its application to expand the mine to 7.5mn t/yr and extend its lifespan was referred back to the Queensland Land Court. New Hope has...
