Clean coal news

BHP has recently provided an update on its progress on climate action.

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.

The Coal Authority has welcomed new contractors onto its latest 4-year framework to help design and build mine water treatment schemes throughout Britain.

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.

DOE and NETL have announced the award of approximately US$72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements.

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have recently taken a step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of HYBRIT’s globally unique pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron.

NETL researchers have developed a method to custom-formulate low-cost membranes to more effectively separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen in a high volume of flue gas.

The Norwegian state and the industry partners Total, Shell and Equinor have signed the agreements that ensure continued operation of Technology Centre Mongstad from now until the end of 2023.

Trials using fossil-free fuels in LKAB’s pellet plant have produced successful results within the framework of the HYBRIT initiative.