Mining News Pro - Mining remains one of the most energy-intensive industries in Australia. Can the industry clean up its carbon footprint?

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 08:32:58

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Mining News Pro - MKS PAMP, provider of financial and physical trading services and precious metals refinery, announced Wednesday that it is the first precious metals company in the world to have SBTi approved carbon emissions reduction targets, committing to a 1.5°C emissions reduction in line with the Paris Agreement.

Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 14:31:41

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Mining News Pro - The Canadian government is in talks with heavy industrial emitters about ways to ensure Ottawa’s planned carbon price increases will remain in place even if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is voted out of power.

Friday, May 13, 2022 - 19:58:13

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Mining News Pro - Cleantech company Locus Fermentation Solutions announced the launching of a new mining operating division whose focus will be on developing and commercializing carbon-neutral biosurfactant additives to boost mineral extraction from low-grade ores.

Friday, March 18, 2022 - 13:30:59

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Mining News Pro - Montanwerke Brixlegg AG aims to charge a premium for its copper, which has the lowest carbon footprint in the industry, an executive of the Austrian company said on Wednesday.

Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 12:50:34

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Mining News Pro - Cutting their own emissions is the most effective way for miners to respond to climate change, White & Case’s annual Mining & Metals Survey found.

Monday, February 28, 2022 - 12:50:55

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Mining News Pro - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $2.2 million in funding to a team led by Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; NYSE: RIO) to investigate carbon storage potential at the Tamarack nickel project in Minnesota. The project is a joint venture of Rio Tinto (81.5%) and Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) (18.5%). The advanced exploration project is located about 85 km west of Duluth.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 12:40:21

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Mining News Pro - Teck Resources has announced an agreement with Caterpillar to work towards deploying 30 of Caterpillar’s zero-emissions large haul trucks at Teck mining operations.

Friday, January 28, 2022 - 13:07:49

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Mining News Pro - China pledged to cut carbon emissions from aluminum smelters and reduce steel capacity under a five-year plan that adds some details on Beijing’s drive to reshape heavy industries.

Thursday, December 30, 2021 - 14:33:19

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Mining News Pro - Following international climate change commitments to reduce carbon emissions subscribed at the COP26, large consumers of commodities are examining the plans that mines have in place to cut their emissions – as well as the progress to date that might suggest how successful these plans will be.

Monday, December 6, 2021 - 13:00:37

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Mining News Pro - China, the world’s largest aluminum producer, is still running short of primary metal.

Friday, December 3, 2021 - 13:37:34

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Mining News Pro - Anglo American is targeting carbon neutrality across its controlled ocean freight activities by 2040, with a 30 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030.

Monday, November 8, 2021 - 12:49:57

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Mining News Pro - Coal-fired power plants would be eligible for billions of dollars in extra tax breaks under President Joe Biden’s economic legislation if they install carbon-capture systems, an incentive that environmental groups say may delay the retirement of dozens of facilities.

Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 13:29:16

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Mining News Pro - Magnesium is not what most people think of as a critical mineral.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 12:47:58

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Mining News Pro - The South African mining sector can remain internationally competitive and support socioeconomic development only if it drives decarbonisation and adapts to the global shift in commodity demand towards minerals used in green sectors such as renewable electricity and electric vehicles (EVs), a new study shows.

Thursday, October 14, 2021 - 14:08:28

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Mining News Pro - The mining and metals sector will see sweeping changes from the transition to a low carbon economy out to 2030, says market analyst Fitch Solutions in its latest industry report.

Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 13:53:09

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Mining News Pro - A Just Transition Transaction (JTT) that enables South Africa to secure highly concessional finance from rich countries in return for accelerated decarbonisation would help create the fiscal space required to take such a programme forward, a new Meridian Economics study asserts.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 13:39:17

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Mining News Pro - Global technology company ABB has released a portfolio of solutions that will help accelerate the move towards a zero-carbon mine.

Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 13:42:33

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Mining News Pro - Diversified miner Anglo American will be making use of a range of technologies to reach its target of zero emissions by 2040.

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 13:43:47

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Mining News Pro - Fortescue Metals Group is planning to unveil targets for reducing the carbon footprint of it biggest customers, marking a shift in approach for the world’s no. 4 exporter of iron-ore.

Monday, August 30, 2021 - 14:20:45

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Researchers at Rice University’s Carbon Hub are proposing the idea of actually using hydrocarbons to slash carbon dioxide emissions.

Sunday, August 8, 2021 - 11:44:51

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Mining News Pro - The UK Coal Authority posits that water from flooded coal mines has the potential to be used in the heating of UK homes and industry as a source of lower-carbon energy.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 14:12:35

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Mining News Pro - The financial resources allocated by governments globally to clean-energy measures in response to the Covid-19 crisis currently represent only 2% of the $16-trillion in total fiscal support set aside for economic stimulus, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) new Sustainable Recovery Tracker shows.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 17:40:25

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Mining News Pro - The portfolio and growth investments of diversified mining company Anglo American are increasingly focused on future-enabling metals and minerals that are critical to decarbonising energy and transport and to meeting consumers' growing needs, from luxury to everyday life.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 17:30:12

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with POSCO to explore and develop low-carbon emission technologies for iron ore mining through to steelmaking.

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 13:40:03

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