India must act on mining and exploration of critical minerals for green technologies

The COP26 meeting held in Glasgow on climate change issues discussed accelerating action and strategies toward achieving objectives outlined in the Paris Agreement. Consequently, India has committed to increasing its non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030, reducing the economy’s carbon intensity to less than 45% in 2030 compared to 2005 levels, and

USGS estimates US mines produced $90.4 bn in non-fuel mineral commodities in 2021

US mines produced approximately $90.4 billion in mineral commodities in 2021—a $9.7 billion increase over the 2020 revised total of $80.7 billion—according to the US Geological Survey USGS. This information comes from the 27th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report from the USGS National Minerals Information Center. The report is a comprehensive source of 2021 mineral

Aura advances towards NetZero emission uranium production at Tiris

Aim-listed Aura Energy continues to advance towards net-zero emission uranium production at the Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, with an initial study of Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions undertaken by consulting group Wood Group now complete, clearly defining a net-zero emission pathway for the project. Total baseline GHG emissions from the Tiris

Senate Finance OKs mining mutual fund, bank fossil fuel boycott bills

Senate Finance sent President Craig Blair’s mining mutual insurance company bill to the Senate floor, along with the bill dealing with bank boycotts of fossil fuel companies. SB 1 is the mining mutual bill. It explains that the state funds reclamation at abandoned mines through a combination of bond proceeds and money from the Special

Adani coal poised for export as insurance giants pledge cleaner future

According to the Adani Group, at the end of December, the first coal shipment from the central Queensland Carmichael Mine was ready to leave its Australian export terminal despite years of environmental campaigning and the refusal by major insurers to offer coverage for the project. However, three weeks later, the coal’s exact status is not

Nuclear Fuel Mining Market Poised to Expand at a Robust Pace Over 2027

Nuclear fuel mining is mining of uranium and thorium, which are widely used nuclear fuels found in the earth’s crust. Especially, uranium is used on a large scale and it is found naturally, with an average concentration of 2.8 parts per million (ppm) in the earth’s crust. Uranium is more abundant than silver, mercury, and

Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid

While some researchers are proposing the idea of using a platinum catalyst to keep methane out of the atmosphere, a group of British, Chinese and American scientists demonstrated, for the first time, the direct conversion of methane into methanol and acetic acid using a gold catalyst. In a paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis,

Germany lays a path to quitting coal

In a coal heartland of Germany stands a monument to the source of its economic might: a giant mine more than a half-mile deep that once produced the largest amount of coal in the world. Built at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the Zollverein mine cemented Germany’s place as a coal behemoth. And its

Ducon to provide Coal Clean Technology for Singareni Thermal Power Plant in India

Ducon Infratechnologies Limited, India’s leading Fossil Fuel Clean Technologies Co will provide its proprietary Coal Clean Technology, Fuel Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system for a 2×600 MW Thermal Power Plant, of the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., awarded to an EPC organization Ducon has partnered with. This project was jointly bid by Ducon’s affiliate, Ducon Technologies Inc.,

More than 13 million people are dependent on the coal economy in India

There are 135 districts in India that are dependent on coal, while an estimated 13 million people are directly or indirectly linked to the coal economy. According to a report by National Foundation for India, these people will be impacted due to the impending coal transition with India committing to a phasedown of unabated coal