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Exelon’s Illinois Plants Get New Nuclear Incentives

December 9, 2021

The Illinois Commerce Commission on December 2 approved the first ever procurement of carbon mitigation credits (CMCs), created when the state recently overhauled its energy policies. Winning bids went to the 2,389MW Braidwood station, the 2,500MW Byron plant, and the

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Mining Course Led by Virginia Tech Professor Gets Nod from United Nations Panel

December 9, 2021

A mining engineering class at Virginia Tech has been recognized as a model of sustainability education by a United Nations-affiliated panel. Many consumer goods — from cellphones to toothpaste — rely on the mining of certain minerals. And because of

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Opinion: Greenflation is Heading This Way Fast

December 8, 2021

Rising inflation and an insecure minerals supply chain are threatening to disrupt the development of green energy technologies and hamper the production of renewables and electric cars. Some energy experts are warning that deeply constrained supplies of energy transition metals,

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Dolly Varden Silver to Acquire Fury Gold Mines’ Homestake Ridge Project for $30 Million, Canada

December 8, 2021

Mineral exploration company Dolly Varden Silver has agreed to acquire Homestake Ridge gold-silver project from Fury Gold Mines in a deal valued at around C$50 million ($30 milion). Under the deal, Dolly Varden will acquire Fury’s wholly-owned subsidiary Homestake Resource

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DOE Awards $35 Million for Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions for Coal, Oil & Gas

December 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Reducing Emissions of Methane Every

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DOE Seeks Information on Deployment-Ready Carbon Reduction and Removal Technologies

December 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a request for information (RFI) on technologies ready to be demonstrated that reduce carbon emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The RFI seeks feedback from industry, investors, developers, academia, research laboratories,

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U.S. Power Plants Short on Coal; Utilities Scrambling With Cold Temps Ahead

December 8, 2021

The price for Wyoming’s coal is rising in the face of low supplies at power plants across the country, rising natural gas prices and predictions of cold temperatures in the near future. Despite efforts by some political leaders to halt

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Australia Approves South32’s Dendrobium Coking Coal Mine Expansion

December 8, 2021

The New South Wales (NSW) government has declared Australian-South African mining firm South32’s proposed A$956 million ($671 million) Dendrobium coking coal mine expansion in the Illawarra region as state-significant infrastructure, allowing it to move forward in the approvals process. The

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SSR Mining to Acquire Canadian Exploration Company Taiga Gold for $21 Million

December 7, 2021

SSR Mining has agreed to acquire Taiga Gold, a Canadian gold focused exploration company, in a deal worth around C$27 million ($21 million). Taiga Gold has stake in six projects targeting gold that are located within the Trans Hudson Corridor

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Sandvik to Acquire Deswik, Launch New Digital Mining Technologies Division

December 7, 2021

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire Australian-based Deswik, the leading and fastest growing major provider of mine planning software. Deswik will be part of a newly formed division Digital Mining Technologies within business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions.

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