1. More coal plants are now projected to retire more quickly than experts thought a year ago, according to energy-industry analysts, despite Trump's promises. It...
      


  2. Future coal mining applications are set to be rejected as a matter of policy for the first time in Wales. New proposed planning rules,...
      


  3. International mining companies including Glencore, Randgold and Ivanhoe Mines quit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s chamber of commerce, saying the industry body no longer...
      


  4. Wood mac has joined Morgan Stanley in forecasting a lithium and cobalt oversupply beginning as early as next year. Miners must be adding production...
      


  5. UK and Canada have come together to launch an international partnership hoping to accelerate the process of ending reliance on coal power. Following the...
      


  6. EPA announced a new rule aimed at giving states the independence to determine how to best dispose of coal ash, the toxic metal left from burning...
      


  7. Lithium is making an awful lot of headlines but quantity-wise, there's more cobalt in batteries. There's already talk about a major cobalt rally next...
      


  8. Senate Republicans are moving to confirm a former coal industry lobbyist as the second highest ranking official at the Environmental Protection Agency. A Senate vote...
      


  9. The Energy Department's Office of Inspector General has found that a Texas energy company likely charged the Department of Energy $2.5 million in extraneous expenditures ranging from...
      


  10. Read this in an article about the possibility of a shortage in battery minerals: "Electric cars use twice as much copper as internal combustion engines....
      


  11. While I do own more than a hundred mineral rights royalty titles for oil/gas regions, and often trade natural gas, I am also invested...
      


  12. Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region were at a near four-year high 3.83 million st in March, up 8% from 3.55...
      


  13. Global coal prices are trading at record highs as the world scrambles to secure reliable sources of energy. The IEA said global coal consumption will...


  14. Gold climbing--fifth daily session in a row yesterday. Still up today thanks to tax bill and softening US dollar. $1263.60 an ounce today.   
      


  15. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416060-huge-deposit-of-natural-hydrogen-gas-detected-deep-in-albanian-mine/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2024-02-09-Underground-hyd  huge-deposit-of-natural-hydrogen-gas-detected-deep-in-albanian-mine Will hydrogen ever be able to compete on price with natural gas? Is it found in amounts that could compete? Most hydrogen is taken...


  16. Goldcorp has launched the world's first all-electric mine, meaning machines will work with batteries instead of diesel. Sounds like good news to me. Much...
      


  17. Vanadium, a metal usede in batteries, is waiting for its "Elon Musk moment", that is, a businessperson of the magnitude of Musk to promote...
      


  18. According to Reuters Agency, as executives of the biggest firms gathered for this week’s annual industry conference in Cape Town, the continent’s politicians were...
      


  19. A report released on Monday has found that between January 2013 and July 2018, Japanese financial institutions have poured US$92 billion into coal and nuclear...
      


  20. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Can-Chinas-Rare-Earth-Monopoly-Be-Broken.html Seems like this should be a high priority. 
      


  21. Now researchers at the University of California – Berkeley have found a way to create disordered cathodes that use metals other than cobalt, such...
      


  22. The UK is already one of the most successful countries at growing its economy while reducing emissions. They cut emissions by more than 40...
      


  23. Schlumberger signs lithium deal as US accepts battery 'arms race' If anyone needed any reminders how crucially important batteries have become.
      


  24. South Korea’s move to shut coal-fired generators to control air pollution at the same time as nuclear reactors are going into scheduled maintenance is...
      


  25. Debswana, the joint venture between Anglo American Plc’s De Beers unit and Botswana’s government, is seeking permission to deepen the Jwaneng mine to 830...
      


  26. Pot Takes the Spotlight Away From Lithium and Threatens the EV Boom What a fragile boom...
      


  27. Miner and commodities trader Glencore has bought Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek coal mine in Australia for $1.7 billion, which increases the Swiss firm’s presence...
      


  28. A good article against lithium alarmism from one guy who seems to know what he's talking about.
      


  29. The copper market's in for a shortage sooner than expected. Old mines are getting depleted and there's not a lot of investment in new...
      


  30. Escondida miners are striking, the latest round of talks with BHP is unlikely to result in anything else than an extension of the strike...
      

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