Mid-tier Chinese coal miner Shanxi Coal International Energy Group is planning a significant investment in the competing business of making high-tech solar power cells.
The State-owned firm will lead a joint venture to build a 3GW solar manufacturing …
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The Trump administration is planning to block the controversial Pebble Mine in southwestern Alaska that’s recently drawn opposition from certain powerful Republicans, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The project, which has known deposit…
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Botswana and Namibia are set to sign an agreement to develop solar projects of as much as 5 GW through installations built across their mostly flat, sunny landscapes. The southern African nations are working with US government initiative, Power Africa,…
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In the nineteenth century California gold rush, the surest way to a fortune, according to Mark Twain, was to be in the “pick and shovel business.” If 2020 gold fever has an equivalent, it’s the exchange-traded fund (ETF) business.
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Elon Musk promises a “giant contract” with the miner that can supply nickel for Tesla Inc. batteries at low cost with minimal environmental impact, yet the industry’s messy track record may make that deal difficult to clinch. Recent accidents such as a…
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has found 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea, its biggest ever energy discovery, and hopes to begin production by 2023.
The Fatih drilling ship located the deposit in the so-called Tuna-…
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South Africa said AngloGold Ashanti must remain listed on the local bourse in order to conclude the sale of its last remaining assets in the country to Harmony Gold Mining. The transfer of mining rights to Harmony — which is needed to close the sale o…
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Fortescue Metals Group has held talks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on potential mining sector opportunities in the nation, which has struggled to accelerate development of an estimated $1-trillion worth of minerals deposits.
Ghani and the…
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German turbine makers and natural gas companies are exploring producing green hydrogen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to what could become the world’s largest hydropower complex. Should the project go ahead Congo would join Morocco as a pote…
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Teck Resources is shaking up its top executive ranks after coming under fire from investors seeking change at Canada’s largest diversified miner.
Harry “Red” Conger, a veteran miner who stepped down from Freeport-McMoRan this month, becomes Teck’s COO…
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