- 1. BHP, Toyota test LEVs at Nickel West
- (Latest)
- ... the mining industry, whilst also reducing the carbon footprint from our own nickel operations,” said Haegel. Source: bhp.com ...
- Created on 12 January 2021
- 2. World Bank Group releases report on minerals for climate action
- (Around the Region)
- ... report “Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition” also adds that even though clean energy technologies will require more minerals, the carbon footprint of their ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 3. Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion to help meet new climate change targets
- (Sustainability)
- ... 2018 levels. Under these targets, Rio Tinto’s overall growth between now and 2030 will be carbon neutral. Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said “Climate change is a global challenge and will ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 4. Glencore’s Glasenberg comments on company financials
- (Leading Developments)
- ... on its commitments to the transition to a low-carbon economy. “We are on track to achieve a near doubling of our first GHG target with a reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity of c.10 per cent ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 5. Rio Tinto investors seek stronger emission targets
- (Latest)
- ... on targets." "We will continue to engage with our investors and other stakeholders on this topic," he added. Rio Tinto recently announced plans to cut its carbon intensity by 30 per cent and its abso ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
- 6. India gets out of coal and into renewables
- (Features)
- ... their reliance on fossil fuels, India is accelerating its plans to lock in a sustained, aggressive reduction in the carbon emissions intensity of its economy. The rapid diversification of India’s electricity ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 7. China, coal and the pursuit of clean energy
- (Features)
- ... after Chinese policy leaders realised that coal-fired power generation stood in the way of cleaner skies and lower cost power The world’s coal power plants. Image source ©Carbon Brief As ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 8. Adapting to a changing climate on ICMM’s agenda
- (Leading Developments)
- ... lower-carbon economy. “ICMM members welcome the transparency around climate-related risks that the TCFD has brought and see value in its recommendations,” added ICMM. Developed with input from the ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 9. Rio Tinto pledges US$1 billion to meet climate change targets
- (Latest)
- ... absolute emissions from 2018 levels. Under these targets, Rio Tinto’s overall growth between now and 2030 will be carbon neutral. Rio Tinto Chief Executive J-S Jacques said: “Climate change is a global ...
- Created on 05 March 2020
- 10. BHP invests US$6 million into clean energy company
- (Waste to Energy)
- BHP has announced a US$6 million equity investment in Carbon Engineering (CE), a Canadian-based company leading the development of Direct Air Capture, an innovative technology which has the potential to ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 11. BHP invests US$6 million into clean energy company
- (Latest)
- BHP has announced a US$6 million equity investment in Carbon Engineering (CE), a Canadian-based company leading the development of Direct Air Capture, an innovative technology which has the potential to ...
- Created on 07 March 2019
- 12. Innovation, renewables and the mining sector – a marriage of once unlikely partners
- (Leading Developments)
- ... and companies operating in the Americas are best positioned to lead the way in the adoption of renewables in mining, aided by carbon pricing measures and an already significant integration of renewables ...
- Created on 08 December 2018
- 13. COP21 - lessons from the Paris Convention
- (Legally Speaking)
- ... as an historic deal and one that could herald a massive shift to a low carbon future. CLIMATE sceptics still abound but there now seems near universal agreement that mitigation and abatement are appropriate ...
- Created on 20 January 2016
- 14. Australian Technology
- (Features)
- ... diesel particulate catalysts suitable for all large equipment and open cut mines and to markets in countries such as South Africa, the United States and Canada. They are also targeting other dangerous pollu ...
- Created on 27 October 2014
- 15. SRI LANKA - Bora Bora signs drilling contract
- (Latest)
- ... renewal of two key exploration licences at the Matale/Kurunegala Graphite Project for an additional two years. Sri Lanka is the only commercial source of carbon natural crystalline vein graphite. I ...
- Created on 27 October 2014
- 16. PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Scout drilling at Misima prospect
- (Latest)
- ... porphyritic andesite with the remaining 70% comprising Ara Schist metasediments and volcanics. The host rocks are variably fractured and have intense chlorite - illite - carbonate alteration. Zones of ...
- Created on 17 October 2014
- 17. SRI LANKA – Bora Bora in New Graphite Agreement
- (Latest)
- ... the Queens Graphite Mine has a run-of-mine head grade of up to 99% total graphitic carbon and RS Mines has developed a process to manufacture graphene oxide, the precursor and building block to graphene ...
- Created on 30 June 2014
- 18. Native copper signalled way to modern metallurgy
- (Features)
- ... changes had occurred - copper objects had altered shape due to melting and the copper ore had transformed to a metallic state due to the heat and the wood which would have formed a carboniferous atmosphere ...
- Created on 22 May 2014
- 19. CHINA - Reducing carbon emissions
- (July 2007)
- China"s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has targeted a 20% reduction in energy intensity per unit of GDP and says China will move to increased use of clean and low carbon energy ...
- Created on 02 July 2007
- 20. VANADIUM - New miracle metal
- (November)
- ... of ferrovanadium (some 8% of world demand). Mr Smith forecast intensifying use of vanadium. Reviewing demand trends, he says the metal's principal use was as a strengthening additive to carbon steel an ...
- Created on 25 November 2006