Demand for battery metals is already growing fast, but it’s just getting started. Like it or not, clean technologies like EVs and energy storage, and renewable energies like solar and wind, rely on finite natural resources. As demand for mineral-intensive items like lithium-ion batteries for energy storage and electric vehicles heats up along with the global clean energy transition, the production of these resources is going to need to grow along with it. But can it?  Many leading experts have worried about whether the world has enough…

Es 31 de enero, primer mes del año, y quedan por delante 335 días para finalizar 2023. Esta vez es un martes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, ocurridos en una misma fec...

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The Western-invoked price cap on Russian refined products coming into effect on February 5 won’t “severely impact” Russian refiners, WoodMac said on Tuesday. Mark Williams, WoodMac’s Research Director of Short-Term Refining & Oil Products, said that the oil products cap would have a minimal impact of Russia’s refining runs and distillate exports. “With Russian Urals trading at US$40/bbl on an FOB basis, capping the price at US$100 per barrel and US$45/bbl respectively would still see Russian refining margins…

    Nearly a month into 2023, Europe’s energy outlook is far more positive than many analysts predicted at the onset of winter. Unseasonably mild winter temperatures across the continent and a successful pivot by the European Union away from Russian pipeline gas has seen supplies stabilize and prices fall from a previous peak. Also helping to defy the gloomy predictions of energy shortages and stalled economic growth in the EU were increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a new Baltic pipeline from Norway – developments…

31-01-23.-Un grupo de inmigrantes venezolanos fue desalojado de un hotel ubicado en Manhattan (Nueva York) que les servía de refugio tras ser enviados a la ciudad en autobuses por el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott. Los venezolanos iniciaron una protesta pacífica en rechazo a la medida. Muchos d...

31-01-23.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este martes 31 Enero de 2023 en Bs. 22,37 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes oficiales.https://www.bcv.org.ve/ El euro se cotizó en Bs. 24,26 El tipo de c...

UK oil giant BP has started drilling two new exploration wells to search for gas deep beneath the Caspian Sea. The announcement comes as Azerbaijan imports gas from Iran and Russia to meet both growing domestic demand and existing export contracts. Baku has also pledged to double exports to Europe within five years. One of the wells will reach a depth of 7,000 meters, BP said this month, to tap a gas reservoir believed to lie below the existing Shah Deniz gas field, which currently provides the bulk of Azerbaijan's gas exports. This well, which…

31-01-23.-Antero Alvarado, socio director de Gas Energy para Venezuela, considera que la aprobación de la licencia a Trinidad y Tobago para exportar gas del país no cambia la política de Estados Unidos hacia Venezuela. "No lo veo como una flexibilización sino responde a una iniciativa dip...

British Steel and Tata Steel must be forced to commit to a host of green targets if they receive a bumper bailout from the UK taxpayer, green think tanks and campaign groups have said. Environmental think tank Green Alliance has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to ensure the reported £600m in public funds that will be spent propping up both British Steel and Tata Steel is used to speed up the industry’s transition to clean steel production rather than just balance the books of a flagging sector. The think tank has called on the government…

31-01-23.-Los habitantes de Grays, 30 km al este de Londres, votaron masivamente a favor del Brexit. Pero tres años después de la salida británica de la Unión Europea, con el país sumido en una profunda crisis social, algunos expresan su pesar. "Voté por el Brexit, pero me arrepiento", reconoce M...

Via AG Metal Miner   As with many base metals, aluminum prices rose at the beginning of January. While it is true that China raising aluminum export taxes could have impacted aluminum prices, the market has witnessed somewhat volatile conditions since late September of 2022. And though prices are nowhere near their March 2022 historic rally levels, they still remain at historic highs. Aluminum Prices: Trend Reversal, or No? Considering the breakout of resistance in aluminum prices, action should continue to the upside for the time being. This…

The UK’s oil and gas industry should have taken the chance to invest in new projects instead of fighting the windfall tax, the boss of a North Sea oil and gas producer has said. Steve Brown, chief executive of Orcadian Energy, told City A.M. that the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) created a “big incentive to invest” with the 91 percent tax relief for fossil fuel producers prepared to develop new projects in the North Sea. This includes Orcadian’s proposed Pilot development in the central North Sea, which is projected to produce…

The UK’s oil and gas industry should have taken the chance to invest in new projects instead of fighting the windfall tax, the boss of a North Sea oil and gas producer has said. Steve Brown, chief executive of Orcadian Energy, told City A.M. that the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) created a “big incentive to invest” with the 91 percent tax relief for fossil fuel producers prepared to develop new projects in the North Sea. This includes Orcadian’s proposed Pilot development in the central North Sea, which is projected to produce…

Entre junio y julio de 2021 se realizó un importante operativo policial denominado Gran Cacique Guaicaipuro que involucró el despliegue de más de mil funcionarios con el objetivo de desmantelar las bandas delincuenciales que operaban en la parroquia La Vega, la Cota 905 y sectores aledaños. Estos...

The Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University has announced a new hybrid catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethylene in one pot. The catalyst was developed by scientists from Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University, University of Virginia, and Columbia University. This catalyst supports the world net-zero carbon initiative by using carbon dioxide (CO2) recycling it as a feedstock for efficient ethylene production powered by electricity. The team’s reporting paper has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.…

31-01-23.-En horas de la noche de este lunes 30 de enero se reventó una tubería matriz de Hidrocapital que distribuye el agua en San Antonio de Los Altos e impactó directamente en la fachada de la Torre B de las Residencias Los Altos. La fuerza del inmenso chorro de agua rompi...

South Africa’s energy crisis is teetering on the edge of a major political and economic crisis. Bogged down by inefficiency, ineptitude, and severe levels of corruption, the country’s power utility Eskom has proven incapable of providing sufficient and reliable energy to the nation's grid, despite the domestic abundance of coal. Once one of the most reliable utilities in Africa, Eksom now exists in a state of constant emergency which is currently threatening to push the country into civil disarray and economic catastrophe. Eksom desperately…

Libya’s Oil Ministry has rejected the huge $8-billion deal that the Italian energy giant signed with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) this weekend, saying that the agreement violated legislation and was not approved by the ministry prior to the signing.   Eni’s chief executive Claudio Descalzi and the CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Libya, Farhat Bengdara, agreed on Saturday on the development of “Structures A&E”, a strategic project aimed at increasing gas production to supply the Libyan domestic…

Libya’s Oil Ministry has rejected the huge $8-billion deal that the Italian energy giant signed with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) this weekend, saying that the agreement violated legislation and was not approved by the ministry prior to the signing.   Eni’s chief executive Claudio Descalzi and the CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Libya, Farhat Bengdara, agreed on Saturday on the development of “Structures A&E”, a strategic project aimed at increasing gas production to supply the Libyan domestic…