by Gordon Barratt | Oct 9, 2020 | News
Coal, the commodity that no-one wants to talk about, is staging a comeback as investment banks warm to the profits from improving prices and a new mine in Australia, being built to meet Indian demand, is nearing completion. The $2 billion Carmichael mine has been the...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2020 | News
BHP chief executive Mike Henry. Image: BHP BHP chief executive Mike Henry has confirmed in a shareholder Q&A session this week that the company isn’t currently planning to introduce fully autonomous trains. Henry said it did not pass BHP’s capital allocation...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2020 | News
The Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia. Gold Fields has partnered with energy services company Aggreko to install a renewable energy microgrid at the Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia. The hybrid power system, which uses solar, thermal and battery...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2020 | News
The Indian Government has reportedly restricted China and other countries that share land border with it from participating in commercial coal mine auctions. The latest move comes as India and China are in talks to end a ‘border stand-off’ in eastern Ladakh. A...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2020 | News
Coal-fired power certainly has long-term challenges to viability, but some short-term -and not so short-term- boosts may be on the horizon. Reuters recently reported that energy security and economic fears is driving the mammoth Chinese energy industry back toward new...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 8, 2020 | News
When American Resources Corp. reported quarterly results in late July, the company said it created a wholly-owned subsidiary, American Rare Earth, to explore and monetize rare earth mineral deposits. Founded as a coal company, American Resources said it mined no coal...
