Botswana’s US$16 Billion Railway Has a Study, a Route and No Start Date
The Trans-Kalahari Railway feasibility study is complete, but Botswana's minister says the US$16 billion coal line cannot pay for itself...
August 15, 2026Topic
coal
South Africa’s Ramokgopa Says Coal Exit Won’t Follow Foreign Agendas
South Africa's coal exit will not follow foreign agendas, Minister Ramokgopa says, as coal still supplies about 83% of the...
August 14, 2026
Europe in a downward spiral – the new poverty of the old continent
If energy is life and the lack of energy is death, then Europe’s dismantling of its energy security is equivalent...
August 30, 2022
Types of renewable energy and which are currently in use in Brazil
With the urgency to fight climate change, renewable energies have been gaining ground in public debate. Increasingly more countries
January 19, 2022
China as an importer and Australia and Brazil as exporters share the iron ore market
Unsurprisingly, the structure of the seaborne iron ore market continues to be governed by two key suppliers: Australia and Brazil;
January 17, 2022
Paraguay can exploit its quality production to boost trade balance with Israel
The Paraguay-Israel trade balance currently stands at 10-1, according to CACOPI chairman Alejandro Rubin Cymerman,
November 26, 2021
Brazilians may be paying US$1.6 billion for idle thermal power plants – IDEC
Although not operating, thermal plants guarantee a fixed remuneration, the cost of which is passed on to consumers through the...
June 1, 2021
Brazil’s BNDES to Prioritize Alternative Energy Sources
The state-owned financial institution also announced plans to stop financing thermal plants which run on coal and oil.
October 4, 2016
Vale Sells Colombia Coal Assets
Vale, the Brazilian mining giant, has sold its coal operations in Colombia to CPC S.A.S., a unit of Colombian Natural...
May 29, 2012