A fire broke out Saturday in a warehouse storing lithium-ion batteries in southern France, near Toulouse. Per media reports, the warehouse, property of local recycling company Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux contained…
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Russian coal exports keep falling, reducing supply on global market
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A total switch to renewable energy is going to wreak havoc on job markets in the United States. In some places, this will be a great thing – huge numbers of well…
Swiss National Bank Urged To Exit Investments in Fracking
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) was urged to divest from oil and gas fracking companies on Monday, when climate activists handed over a petition signed by 60,000 people demanding the Swiss central…
Global Food Commodity Prices To Fall In 2024
Global food commodity prices are set for respite in 2024 after three years of record highs caused by war, adverse weather and rising energy and input…
Lithium Price Slump? Exxon Says No Problem
The price of lithium may have fallen and Albemarle may consider them to be “unsustainable”, but Exxon isn’t giving up on its lithium expansion plans, Exxon’s lithium global business manager said in…
Loophole Allowed Russia to Earn $1.2 Billion From Fuel Sales to the EU
An EU sanctions loophole that allows imports of Russian crude if it’s refined elsewhere made Russia an estimated $1.2 billion (1.1 billion euros) from sales of fuels in the European Union last…
Record Surge in Global Coal Capacity Led by China
Continued expansion in China’s coal fleet and a slowdown in plant retirements in the United States and Europe in 2023 resulted in the highest net increase in…