Happy New Year!
In the news today and from the weekend…
Minerals:
- CIM Magazine reports global mining has made efforts to increase investment, particularly in critical minerals in the U.S.
Energy:
- Argus reports US coal production is on pace to fall by 24pc this year, capping off what has been a tumultuous 2020 in the coal market.
EPA:
- Inside EPA reports the publication of EPA’s final overhaul of cost-benefit procedures for its air program is setting the stage for administrative and legal steps by the incoming Biden administration and its allies to reverse the policy, including claims that Trump officials improperly deemed the rule immediately effective.
Renewables:
- ReNews reports that Enel Green Power begins operating the 199 MW expansion of a Kansas wind project while also bringing online a 236 MW wind project in Missouri.