China

Shamaila Khan from AllianceBernstein: The Taliban has emerged with resources that are a “very dangerous proposition for the world.”

By 2030, under BloombergNEF’s least cost Economic Transition Scenario, annual demand for lithium-ion batteries will pass 2.7 TWh.

A 100% switch from coal to gas for alumina refining could offer a potential 26% reduction in cradle-to-gate emissions intensity.

Rumours have been swirling recently that China is now thinking of buying 20 Mt or more of seaborne products.

“China emits over 10 billion tons of carbon and will need to make efforts to reach net-zero without affecting it economic development."

Bucking global trends, mineral processing equipment specialist Multotec has opened a new manufacturing facility to meet growing demand.

Despite disruptions during Q1 2020, global coal production is expected to grow, albeit by a marginal 0.1% to 8.13 billion tonnes (Bnt) in 2020.

While the scale and consequences of the Brumadinho dam failure were extreme, other tailings dam failures have occurred on a regular basis.

Measures to limit emissions and diversify China’s economy are having real results on the nation’s coal usage says Fenwei Energy.

According to The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Asian banks are now adding to the growing number of financial institutions and governments exiting coal – a number now at 112 banks.