by Gordon Barratt | Nov 19, 2020 | News
The trend for global financial institutions and companies to divest from coal is gathering pace. Though some Chinese institutions have responded verbally to this, policy changes have so far been lacking. On 9 September, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
A hearing between Brazilian miner Vale and the government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state ended on Tuesday without the two sides agreeing on a settlement over a Jan. 2019 disaster in which a Vale dam burst and killed 270 people. The mining waste dam burst in the...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
BHP chief executive Mike Henry. Image: BHP BHP has underlined the importance of strengthening bilateral ties following the signing of the world’s biggest trade deal among 15 countries.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed by ASEAN nations,...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Mining is anticipated to be the second hardest-hit industry in Australia should there be an inaction to mitigate climate change, according to Deloitte. In a Deloitte Access Economics report for November, the company predicts the economic loss in mining could amount to...
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
What do Siemens, General Electric and Toshiba have in common— other than the obvious: they are global manufacturers of electrical equipment? The answer is that this year all three announced they would no longer construct coal-fired electric power generating projects....
by Gordon Barratt | Nov 18, 2020 | News
A recent study shows as many as 600 jobs could be created reclaiming recently shutdown coal mines on the Navajo and Hopi nations. Peabody Energy, which operated the Kayenta mine, is on the hook for reclaiming thousands of acres and restoring groundwater....
