by Gordon Barratt | Oct 19, 2020 | News
While China is tightening its coercive campaign against Australia, now targeting the coal industry, its ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, last week led a protest of 26 nations against economic coercion by the United States.‘We continue to witness the...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 16, 2020 | News
It is no exaggeration to consider that the “Art of Negotiation” also applies to rare earth elements. If Washington isn’t serious about the rare earth resources of North Korea, then the winner, once again, could be Beijing. Moscow, too, could benefit from Washington’s...
by Gordon Barratt | May 28, 2020 | News
Australia’s coal exporters are bracing for a slump in shipments to China, making it somewhat ironic that May is likely to be the strongest month in nearly two years for Chinese imports from Down Under. Traders are expecting that China’s coal imports may fall in coming...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 13, 2020 | News
Coal mining in the UK has been in heavy decline since it peaked in the 1980s – and while there aren’t many collieries remaining, a handful of new sites have been proposed Coal mining in the UK For decades, coal mining in the UK was the backbone of the...
