by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Florida Power & Light’s last coal-fired plant in that state has officially closed. The formal retirement of Indiantown Cogeneration Plant (pictured) came as the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31. FPL acquired the plant three years earlier for the sole purpose of...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Normally, China does not import coal from South Africa, but 2021 has seen a shift. Shipments to mainland China were reported on Monday by the African Source Markets’ Weekly Coal Index Report. “It could be a game-changer but we shouldn’t be too complacent,” African...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona on Tuesday said they have sued the Trump Administration to block a pending land swap that would give Rio Tinto the land it needs to build its Resolution Copper project. Apache Stronghold, a non-profit organisation that...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
BHP’s in-house capital unit, BHP Ventures, has participated in Boston Metal’s $US50 million ($64 million) funding to develop a technology that converts iron ore to steel with zero carbon emissions. Iron ore, an essential ingredient in steelmaking, makes up the highest...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
RPMGlobal’s Strategic Design Optimiser (SDO) for stope development and design will hit its first mine site in 2021 following an inaugural sale to a Canadian mine. During RPMGlobal’s extensive testing period, the company perfected SDO’s ability to evaluate and analyse...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 13, 2021 | News
Amid the coldest winter recorded since 1966, provinces across the People’s Republic of China (PRC) struggled with the worst electrical blackouts seen in nearly a decade (OilPrice, January 8). More than a dozen cities across Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Inner...
