by Gordon Barratt | Aug 13, 2020 | News
Researchers from the University of Strathclyde hope to draw upon Scotland’s coal mining past to create clean renewable energy. A project led by the university has won early-stage funding to explore how to tap into geothermal energy contained within disused, flooded...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 13, 2020 | News
As Covid-19 infections across India rise beyond the two-million mark, the country’s energy companies are coming up with novel solutions to keep the virus at bay and their operations running. From drones used to monitor social distancing at refineries to giant mist...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 13, 2020 | News
Half a year before the Alberta government abruptly rescinded a 44-year-old policy protecting its Rocky Mountain flanks from coal open-pit mining, its ministers were already sending “letters of support” to a new Australian coal mining corporation trying to raise...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 13, 2020 | News
National Grid has fired up a coal-fired power station for the first time in 55 days after Britain’s record-breaking heatwave brought wind turbines to a near-standstill and caused gas-fired power stations to struggle. The electricity system operator brought Britain’s...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Gold prices have fallen below $US2000 ($2783.08) to $US1911.25 an ounce overnight, marking the greatest fall since June 2013. The yellow metal dropped by $US116 overnight, with the price slump coming less than two weeks since reaching its recent high spot price of...
by Gordon Barratt | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Image: Fenner Dunlop. Anglo American has commissioned Fenner Dunlop Australian Conveyor Engineering (ACE) to deliver an overland conveyor system to the Aquila coal project in Queensland. Under the agreement, Fenner Dunlop ACE will design, supply and install an ACV002...
