Coal

In a recent government white paper to the Norwegian parliament, the government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage project in Norway, named ‘Longship'.

Thiess has introduced a second drill fitted with an autonomous drilling system, now in operation at its Lake Vermont project, Queensland.

Adani has announced it has already delivered on its commitments to Queensland, by employing more than 1500 people and awarding more than AUS$1.5 billion in contracts on the Carmichael mine and rail project.

The expansion of the mandates of two government bodies to include carbon capture and storage was recently welcomed by the Global CCS Institute as a positive step forward for the acceleration of CCS deployment in Australia.

RPMGlobal has introduced longwall support to its Underground Coal Solutions (UGCS) software.

The World Coal Association Chief Executive, Michelle Manook, has welcomed the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2020 report.

Following the destruction of the Juukan rockshelters in May 2020, the Board of Rio Tinto has engaged extensively with shareholders, Traditional Owners, Indigenous leaders and other stakeholders

Australia’s top two electricity generation sources, coal and natural gas, have both seen demand in the country peak, a Rystad Energy analysis has shown.

Clean Coal Technolgies has signed an MoU to formalise its partnership with Energy Capital Economic Development in Gillette, Wyoming.

A new IEA report says that transforming the power sector alone will only get the world one-third of the way to net-zero emissions.

JSC ‘Dneprotyazhmash’ has recently held a ceremony of presentation of a second coal charging car, manufactured in 2020, for the customer, Yuzhkoks, and other industrial partners.

The Solntsevsky coal mine, the main asset of the Eastern Mining Co., has introduced a modern video analytics system that allows the use of personal protective equipment by employees during working hours to be controlled.

The EPA has announced the approval of Wyoming’s request for primary enforcement responsibility for Class VI wells under the Underground Injection Control Programme.

Caterpillar Inc. has recently announced that Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa S.A. has selected Cat dealer Eneria Poland to supply an integrated cogeneration system at its Knurów-Szczyglowice mine in southern Poland.

Anne-Claire Howard, Executive Director of Bettercoal, has been appointed by the Global Sustainability Standard Board to the working group that will lead the development of GRI Sector Standards for Oil, Gas and Coal.