China’s top miner to spend $24 billion on coal-to-oil projectThe facility in Hami city is just the latest in a series of coal-to-oil developments greenlit in recent years in the mining hubs of Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.Bloomberg News | October 10, 2024 | 2:23 am
Canada’s green taxonomy unlikely to include new natural gas projectsThe taxonomy will include both low-emitting “green” activities and “transition”…Bloomberg News | October 9, 2024 | 2:11 pm
Hindustan Zinc aims to switch to renewable energy in five-seven yearsMore than 90% of the company's emissions come from thermal…Reuters | October 8, 2024 | 9:13 am
Glencore, Schneider Electric partner to decarbonize copper supply chains S&P Global estimates that demand for copper will double by 2035, and warns the looming supply gap could short-circuit the green energy transition. Staff Writer | September 25, 2024 | 12:59 pm
Rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials secures $53m funding from Microsoft, BDC The Canadian company will deploy the capital to build rare earth recycling infrastructure in the US and Europe. Staff Writer | September 25, 2024 | 11:16 am
Column: Miners, investors see scope in energy transition but struggle with choices How best to leverage the energy transition into profitable investments is turning into a vexing challenge. Reuters | September 25, 2024 | 8:12 am
Fortescue electrifies iron ore trucks in $2.8 billion deal The miner will buy 475 emissions-free machines, including 360 autonomous battery-electric trucks. Bloomberg News | September 24, 2024 | 3:42 pm
Denison deal shows slumping battery metals benefiting uranium sector The deal and how Foremost is dropping lithium from its name show how poor prices for the light metal have quashed near-term development projects. Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | September 24, 2024 | 10:46 am
Australia clears coal mine expansions in hit to green goals The government has approved an extension of Whitehaven's Narrabri, MACH Energy Australia’s Mount Pleasant and Ashton’s Ravensworth coal mines. Bloomberg News | September 24, 2024 | 10:03 am
Trafigura names Richard Holtum as new CEO Holtum becomes the group's third ever CEO after around 10 years at the company. Reuters | September 24, 2024 | 9:26 am
Australian uranium miners soar after US nuclear plant revival deal Microsoft signed a deal to help resurrect a US nuclear power plant, fueling hopes of growing demand from big tech firms for green power. Reuters | September 24, 2024 | 6:14 am
Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto’s Wyoming assets for $175m Deal includes the fully-licensed Sweetwater plant and would allow Uranium Energy to add 175 million pounds of historic resources. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2024 | 5:00 am