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Europe starts the clock on greening Soviet-era heating grids
As Europe aims to reach climate neutrality by 2050, transforming the massive pipeline networks heating millions of homes poses a huge engineering challenge.
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Eramet rues timid European banks, sees lithium plant costing $1.5 billion
European banks are too slow to finance mining projects because of red tape linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, France’s Eramet said, as it pursues a lithium project with China’s…
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Dismay after EU rejects ‘Green Pool’ for industrial energy users in Greece
The European Commission has rejected the Greek government’s plans for large industrial consumers of electricity like aluminium or chemicals to pool demand for renewable power as a way of lowering their operating…
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Essential integration of mining with circular economy highlighted at FT Mining Summit
Circularity is already practised at many mine sites, which use circular principles to reduce waste and conserve water. But to achieve full circularity for products – from production to consumption to reuse…
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Growing cities and mineral reserves are transforming Kazakhstan into an economic powerhouse
Kazakhstan, being the ninth-largest country in the world, boasts soaring mountain ranges, sprawling deserts, and arid steppes
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US, UK and partners working on 15 critical minerals projects
The United States, along with its partners, is actively engaged in 15 projects aimed at securing critical mineral supplies necessary for electric vehicles and the energy transition, as revealed by a senior…
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Germany extends emergency coal capacity for another winter
Faced with the challenge of another winter with limited gas supplies, the German government has made the decision to keep its lignite coal power plants on standby for one more season
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Designs chosen for mini nuclear reactors
The government has selected designs from six companies for the development of the next generation of mini nuclear reactors
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Allerdale ruled out as Geological Disposal Facility site for nuclear waste
Regrettably, the site designated for the underground disposal of nuclear waste in Britain has been deemed unsuitable by the government body Nuclear Waste Services (NWS)
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Turkey demands closure of Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear plant
Turkey has recently announced its ongoing international efforts to close down the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia