Green hydrogen, CO2 used to produce e-fuel for hard-to-electrify vehicles
Mining News Pro - An electro-fuel aimed at vehicles that are difficult to electrify has been produced from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
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Rock weathering does not act as CO2 sink, as previously thought
Mining News Pro - A new study published in the journal Nature has overturned the view that natural rock weathering acts as a CO2 sink, indicating instead that this can also act as a large carbon dioxide source, rivalling that of volcanoes.
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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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How to Cut Steel Industry’s CO2 Emissions
Mining News Pro - RMI reveals product-level carbon accounting guidance, giving corporations and steel companies the power to accelerate decarbonization of a sector contributing ~7 percent of global greenhouse gases.
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Molybdenum, sulphur key to converting CO2 into methanol
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed a solution that allows for the production of liquid methanol from carbon dioxide using a catalyst material made of sulphur and molybdenum.
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CO2 storage project in America’s coal country one step closer to becoming a reality
Mining News Pro - A second deep test well for site characterization is being drilled near Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station near Gillette, in Wyoming, where the CarbonSAFE program is working to determine the suitability of the underground geological formations for commercial-scale carbon dioxide storage.
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Teck and Oldendorff team up to reduce supply chain CO2 emissions from BC port
Mining News Pro - Teck Resources and Oldendorff Carriers have announced an agreement to employ energy efficient bulk carriers for shipments of Teck steelmaking coal from the Port of Vancouver to international destinations to reduce CO2 emissions in the steelmaking coal supply chain.
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Vale’s Long Harbour nickel two-thirds less CO2 intensive than industry average
Mining News Pro - Vale’s high-quality nickel produced at its Long Harbour operation in Canada emitted about one third of the CO2 of the industry average, the Brazilian miner said in a release on Monday.
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Copper may be the key to turn CO2 into fuel
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a new catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemicals or fuels.
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Swedish miner LKAB eyes huge investment in CO2-free production
Mining News Pro - State-owned mining company LKAB said on Monday it wanted to invest 400-billion crowns ($46.5-billion) over 20 years to shift to carbon-free production of iron-ore, in what could be one of Sweden`s biggest ever industrial investment programmes.
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Nearly a tonne of CO2 emitted per ounce of gold produced in 2019
Mining News Pro - Gold mines emitted on average 0.8 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for every ounce of gold that was produced in 2019, according to a report from S&P Global.
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Kobe, Vale and Mitsui team up on low CO2 iron-making
Mining News Pro - Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel is collaborating with the iron-ore major Vale and global trading and investment company Mitsui on providing low carbon dioxide (CO2) iron metallic and iron-making solutions.
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