by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
For many years, Chinese companies have been on the receiving end of claims that they are not transparent in their operations and are destroying ecosystems in their search for raw materials in Africa. But when Zimbabwe last week reversed its decision to license Chinese...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Greece has committed €5 billion ($5.9 billion) to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by 2023, to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. According to data and analytics company GlobalData, these are highly optimistic targets, particularly considering the fact that back in...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 21, 2020 | News
Scott Morrison has walked back a declaration from last week that 1,000MW of new generation will be needed once the ageing Liddell coal plant leaves the system, and declined to sign up to a net zero target by 2050, because he is “more interested in the doing”. As part...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 18, 2020 | News
Chile’s environmental court confirmed a final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold’s huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns. The court dismissed a legal challenge from the company and confirmed a 2018...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 18, 2020 | News
Czech utility EPH is to shut down its 600MW Provence coal power plant in France only a year after buying it. The firm has announced it will close the facility at the end of 2020, two years earlier than initially planned. The announcement of its early closure follows...
by Gordon Barratt | Sep 18, 2020 | News
The New South Wales Government has recommended that the Independent Planning Commission approves the expansion of Wollongong Coal’s Russell Vale mine. The state’s Department of Planning, Industry and Environment believes that the economic benefits of Wollongong Coal’s...
