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A new copper catalysator could innovate carbon dioxide recycling
Researchers at Brown University have found a way to fine-tune a copper catalyst so that complex hydrocarbons - so-called C2-plus products - can be efficiently produced from CO2. In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the scientists report …
Iran is apparently exporting much more oil than it should
Iran exports far more crude oil than US numbers suggest, data from TankerTrackers.com revealed, NBC News reported. According to the data, Iran exports up to 600,000 barrels a day, using ship-to-ship transfers with transponders turned off to avoid detection, …
Second lockdown controversy in Peru also hits the mining industry
Angry residents of Peru's Andean and Amazon regions last week attacked three mining and oil companies, two of which were forced to shut down following fatal clashes when a second wave of COVID-19 infections struck the country. The main reason: the demand for …
A cobalt squeeze is threatening the electric vehicle market
Electric vehicle investors and enthusiasts tend to focus on a single metric - electric vehicle sales - when trying to measure the pace of global electrification. However, they tend to ignore another, equally important part of the global electrification …
Crudo Oil Supply in the USA shrinks by 4.4m barrels
The American Petroleum Institute reported that 4.4 million barrels of oil were withdrawn in the week ended Aug. 7. The gasoline inventory reportedly yielded 1.31 million barrels, the distillate inventory yielded 2.95 million barrels, and the Cushing inventory …
A Beginner´s Guide to Junior Mining Stocks
Due to the speculative nature of the junior mining business model as well as the geological uncertainty around mineral resource estimates, investments into junior mining stocks offer huge return potential but also carry an equivalent amount of risk. \\How to …
Low demand might force OPEC+ to further lower their pricing
After the world's largest petroleum exporter, Saudi Arabia increased its crude oil prices for three consecutive months, it is widely expected that Saudi Arabia will make the first cut in its Official Sales Prices (OSPs) since the OPEC + group began its …
Unbelievably high grades at First Mining´s Goldlund property
First Mining (TSX: FF) said drill hole GL-20-033 intersected 173.8 grams per tonne of gold over 1.0 meters as of Tuesday. The drilling was part of the 2019-2020 program. The Goldlund gold project is located in northwestern Ontario. "These five holes mark the …
IMF sees oil demand shrink further to new lows
The coronavirus crisis will mean that global oil demand will decline by around 8 percent this year compared to last year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a new report published by the Qatari daily The Penunsula. Oil prices this year will …
Is trouble ahead in the fight for hydrogen dominance?
Not so long ago, the energy transition was primarily an idealistic concept that was promoted by environmentalists and researchers. The main obstacle was the high cost of clean technology. The drastically falling price of PVs, for example, has drawn global …