Palm oil: Indonesia tests use mixed with jet fuel
Indonesia has conducted its first test flight using jet fuel partially derived from palm oil. Indonesia, as the largest producer, naturally needs to innovate in the use of palm oil, including in the development of biodiesel, bio jet fuel and also by continuing the...
US: new mining royalty plan seen as anti-green and pro-China
In Washinton on Tuesday, members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee opposed House Democrats' attempt to change the mining law through a partisan budget process. US mining companies have blasted Congressional proposals that would set royalties...
Copper: agreement reached to avoid roadblock at Las Bambas mine
The Peruvian government reported on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with MMG Ltd's Las Bambas mine and the local Chumbivilcas community to avoid roadblocks that have threatened production at the huge copper mine. The country's mines minister announced in a...
Copper: Las Bambas standoff puts Castillo’s mining reform pledges to the test
Peru's new socialist government came to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector and redistribute profits to Andean communities such as those around the huge Las Bambas project, owned by China's MMG. These promises are now being put to the...
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