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Critical Minerals Global Expert Optimistic About Supply

January 24, 2025 admin Australia, battery materials, battery metals, battery minerals, carbon emissions, China, climate change, Copper, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium, Manufacturing, Mining, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:52:51 +0000

Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Failure — First Mode Edition

December 26, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric mining trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen trucks, investment, Manufacturing, Mining

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:16:48 +0000

In the past few weeks, three hydrogen transportation firms have declared bankruptcy. First in the set of dominos was German firm Quantron, which left IKEA Austria holding a fleet of its hydrogen delivery vans as well as a fleet of its inferior-to-competitors’ vans without warranty, parts, or maintenance. The other … [continued]

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200-MW Hydropower Project in Congo Will Support Mining Companies

December 18, 2024 admin afreximbank, african export-import bank, cobalt, Congo, diamonds, grand inga, Hydro, hydropower, International, kipay investments, lithium, Mining, news, power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:12:22 +0000

An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African […]

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Steps to Achieving “Real Zero” at Fortescue

December 12, 2024 admin andrew forrest, clean transport, electric mining trucks, Electric vehicles, fortescue, fortescue future industries, green economy, Manufacturing, Mining, twiggy forrest

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:23:05 +0000

Hot on the heels of his record-breaking purchase of electric mining equipment from Liebherr, Twiggy Forrest has now ordered AUD$400 million of emissions-free heavy mining equipment from China’s Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd (XCMG) to decarbonise Fortescue’s mining. These extra 100 “pieces of zero emissions Heavy Mobile Equipment” will … [continued]

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Eramet Grande Côte Mine In Senegal Is Getting 20 MW Of Solar & 11 MWh Of Battery Storage

November 25, 2024 admin africa, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, juwi, Mining, senegal, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:35:16 +0000

The Eramet Grande Côte Mine 20 MWp solar and 11 MWh battery project will provide clean energy to meet 20% of the mine’s energy needs and reduce carbon emissions by 25,000 tonnes annually. The mining sector is one of the most energy intensive sectors. Big mines can be located close … [continued]

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Green Hydrogen & Long Duration Energy Storage Makeover Planned For Colossal Superfund Site

November 21, 2024 admin clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, green hydrogen, green remediation, guzman energy, hydrogen, kit carson electric cooperative, Mining, NEW MEXICO, renewable energy, Solar energy, superfund, superfund sites, us department of agriculture (usda), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:40:36 +0000

The massive Chevron Questa molybdenum mine in New Mexico was an environmental disaster of epic proportions until it closed in 2014, and now an intricate, decades-long remediation effort is under way. In the latest development, plans are in the works to produce green hydrogen at the site, with the ultimate … [continued]

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