Global coal power grew 2% last year, the most since 2016, survey says
The world’s coal-fired power capacity grew 2% last year, its highest annual increase since 2016, driven by new builds in China and decommissioning delays elsewhere, according to research published on Thursday.
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China coal group says peak demand imminent as clean power grows
China is rapidly approaching peak coal consumption, but the fossil fuel’s role in helping to address energy security concerns means its use will plateau for some time after that, according to the nation’s top industry association.
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Rio Tinto inks renewable power purchase deal for Gladstone operations
Rio Tinto Ltd has signed a renewable power purchase agreement with specialist renewable energy firm Windlab to buy the majority of electricity from its planned 1.4 giga-watt (GW) wind energy project in Queensland, the miner said on Wednesday.
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Western miners lag as oil powers enter race for Africa’s critical metals
Risk aversion is likely to leave major Western miners lagging in a race to tap Africa’s reserves of critical raw materials that has gathered pace now Middle Eastern oil powers have begun to emulate China’s years of investment on the continent.
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Countdown to launch the first unit of Gol Gohar Company power plant
Mining News Pro - The first unit of Gol Gohar Energy, a subsidiary of Gol Gohar Mining and Industrial Company, is on the verge of opening.
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Rio Tinto taps Australia’s largest solar farm to power aluminum assets
Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced a deal to buy power from a new solar farm in Queensland as it seeks to green its aluminum operations on the country’s east coast and halve its direct and indirect emissions by 2030.
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Billionaire Forrest vows to speed Australia clean power push
Billionaire Andrew Forrest pledged to develop 14 gigawatts of new clean power projects in Australia by 2030, offering a boost to the nation’s efforts to accelerate investments in renewable energy.
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GolGohar Company: 3 mining power plants are ready by the end of this year
Mining News Pro - By the end of this year, three power plants will enter the electricity production circuit under the management of IMIDRO. These power plants will be set up by Mobarakeh Steel Co., Gol Gohar Mining and Industrial Co. and Al Mahdi Aluminum Company.
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The world’s iron ore powerhouse is preparing to reinvent itself
Mining News Pro - Vast heaps of crushed brown rock hem the Indian Ocean at Western Australia’s Parker Point port — each a stockpile of 200,000 tons of iron ore, ready to be poured into a procession of bulk carriers bound for Asia’s steel mills.
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Uranium primed to extend rally on resurgent nuclear power
Mining News Pro - Uranium prices are likely to extend a blistering rally and end the year more than 50% higher as mounting worries over climate change accelerate a global shift to cleaner sources of energy including nuclear power, analysts said.
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Uranium primed to extend rally on resurgent nuclear power
Mining News Pro - Uranium prices are likely to extend a blistering rally and end the year more than 50% higher as mounting worries over climate change accelerate a global shift to cleaner sources of energy including nuclear power, analysts said.
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Westgold turns to green power
Mining News Pro - Westgold Resources has commenced operation of four new hybrid power facilities to power its Western Australian operations.
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World’s biggest wind power projects are in crisis just when world needs them most
Mining News Pro - Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of US dollars in planned spending this week — just as the world needs clean energy more than ever.
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World’s biggest nuclear power plant being planned in Canada
Mining News Pro - A Canadian utility is starting early work to expand a nuclear plant, potentially building the world’s biggest facility as growing demand for clean energy spurs interest in atomic energy.
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Komatsu powers up
Mining News Pro - Komatsu has been developing and supplying technologies, equipment and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial and forestry markets for more than a century.
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China’s state iron ore buyer gets down to business, yet to flex pricing power
Mining News Pro - China’s new state iron ore buyer is asserting itself in negotiating deals for the world’s biggest steel industry but has yet to help manufacturers struggling with weak demand to get lower prices, mills and miners said.
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Mobarakeh Steel producing with more than 100% nominal power in casting machines
Mining News Pro - Continuous casting manager of Mobarakeh Steel Company said that the company's casting machines are one of the departments that played a role in the records of 1401 and April 1402 in the best possible way.
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Another Yunnan power blow to China’s aluminum output
Mining News Pro - The Chinese province of Yunnan has ordered its aluminum smelters to take another round of production cuts to stabilize power supplies.
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Aurubis Q1 profit drops on high power prices
Mining News Pro - Aurubis posted a fall of about 24% in quarterly earnings on Monday, as high energy prices and inflation burdened despite strong demand but maintained upbeat earnings estimates for its full-year profits.
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New device converts wave energy into electricity to power tsunami
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the US’ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working on the development of a new cylindrical triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)—a small powerhouse that converts wave energy into electricity to power devices at sea.
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Copper price falls as China’s reopening boost loses power
Mining News Pro - The copper price retreated on Wednesday as weak demand offsetted speculative bets that the end of China’s Covid Zero policy will reignite growth.
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The construction of the largest solar power plant in the country by Folad Mobarake Isfahan
Mining News Pro - The memorandum of understanding for the construction of 600 megawatts of solar power plant will be signed in the presence of Dr. Tayebnia, the CEO of Mobarake Steel, Isfahan, and Dr. Kamani, the Deputy Minister of Energy.
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Hundreds of power plants in the US violate Coal Ash Rule
Mining News Pro - Also in Wyoming, the Jim Bridger Power Plant makes the list because it has two coal ash ponds and an ash landfill, and groundwater monitoring nearby shows lithium at 164 X safe levels and sulphate at 125 X safe levels.
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Carmakers switch to direct deals with miners to power electric vehicles
Mining News Pro - The International Energy Agency forecasts that soaring EV battery demand will require 50 new lithium projects, 60 nickel mines and 17 cobalt developments by 2030, a huge challenge for an industry that typically takes 15 years or more to develop a project.
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Aluminum-based material can scrub CO2 from coal-fired power plants’ exhaust
Mining News Pro - Among them, aluminum formate – which the scientists refer to as ALF – has proven effective in separating carbon dioxide from the other gases that commonly fly out of the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants. It also lacks the shortcomings that other proposed carbon filtration materials have.
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