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London-listed firm Endeavour Mining has reported a fatality at one of its sites in Burkina Faso.
The FTSE 100 firm said a worker was killed on Tuesday at the Mana gold mine in the landlocked West African country.
In a statement to the markets this morning, the firm said it was “saddened to report that a contractor colleague passed away yesterday.”
The individual died “as a result of injuries sustained in an incident that occurred during maintenance activities at the Mana mine in Burkina Faso.”
It insisted that “the health, safety and welfare of our colleagues are our top priority and we are deeply saddened by this news. We extend our sincere sympathies and support to his family, colleagues and friends.”
“Endeavour will conduct a comprehensive internal investigation into the incident and will work closely with the relevant local authorities.”
“Processing activities are continuing while underground mining operations have been temporarily halted, as the incident remains under investigation.”
Endeavour was recently in the news after its former chief executive was set to miss out on a $29m pay packet as a result of his alleged “serious misconduct.”
Cont- Unlike electricity, hydrogen can be used as a fuel to power industrial operations, as well as for cooking and heating. It is also expected to be used as an alternative to electric batteries to power transport, particularly large vehicles such as ships and planes that cannot carry the heavy electric batteries needed to power them using electricity.
This is not the first time that scientists have offered an innovative solution for hydrogen storage. In 2023, a student group at Eindhoven University of Technology had the idea of using small iron balls (iron pellets) to carry hydrogen. The team developed a steam-iron process to achieve this. When iron is exposed to a flow of hot steam under high pressure it reacts with the water molecules, producing hydrogen and iron oxide, known as rust. Hydrogen can then be extracted to be used as an energy source. The remaining rust is regenerated back to iron with the addition of hydrogen, allowing iron to be a circular carrier of hydrogen. This is beneficial as iron has a higher energy density and can store approximately three times more energy per volume compared to pressurised hydrogen. The pellets can also be stored and transported much more easily, as they are safe and compact.
To date, many of the advances in hydrogen storage technology have emerged at the local rather than national level. Many startups and scientists believe they hold the key to unlocking hydrogen’s potential, but the question remains about whether they will be able to replicate and scale the technology to be used in large hydrogen operations. The U.S. is providing high levels of funding in hydrogen technology, with $9.5 billion of investment in the sector from the IRA and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is expected to support accelerated research and development in the sector. The EU, MENA region and parts of Asia are also investing heavily in the development of hydrogen technologies to support the expansion of the world’s hydrogen capacity.
By Felicity Bradstock for Oilprice.com
Also related !
https://www.toyota.co.uk/hydrogen
I have to respectfully disagree Tibbles or whoever you are.
Several years ago ,I clearly remember you stating, "On the internet you can be whoever you choose to be".
Which at the time I thought odd, now it becomes clearer.
You are another "Cut and paste" artist, with little clear opinion. Unless it is contencious political opinion.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
There has been great enthusiasm around the increase in global hydrogen capacity, particularly green hydrogen – which is produced using electrolysis powered by renewable energy sources, a process that does not emit carbon dioxide. However, one of the main challenges to hydrogen use is in the way it is stored. Hydrogen can be stored as a gas or liquid. As a gas, it can be stored in high-pressure tanks, and as a liquid in cryogenic temperatures to prevent it from boiling back into a gas – at around −252.8°C. It can also be stored in solid materials through a process of absorption. There are several challenges associated with hydrogen storage for practical use. For example, transport using hydrogen cannot currently hold the large quantity of compressed fuel required for travelling long distances. In addition, the current storage solutions are very inefficient, losing large amounts of energy in the process.
The development of effective hydrogen storage solutions is vital for the advancement of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in applications. Hydrogen has the highest energy per mass of any fuel, but a high-tech storage solution is required to ensure the fuel or gas can be used effectively, without losing excess energy. In the U.S., the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), supported by funds from the Biden administration’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), is conducting research and development activities to advance hydrogen storage systems technology. To date, progress has been slow due to a wide range of challenges facing technological development.
A startup in California, founded in 2021 by two scientists believes it has discovered an innovative way to store hydrogen. The company, H2MOF, hopes to compress hydrogen into a small volume without the use of high pressure or low temperatures to store the fuel. If successful, the technology could be used to allow hydrogen to be stored at room temperature for a range of applications, including auto mobile fuelling. Many of the existing hydrogen storage methods are expensive and require high amounts of energy, making them inefficient. However, if hydrogen could be stored in a solid state it could massively reduce the storage burden.
Fraser Stoddart, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 and the co-founder of H2MOF, stated “The production of hydrogen, as far as I’m aware, is a settled problem.” He added, “There are ample efficient ways of producing hydrogen. The big challenge that remains is to store it in a manner that stores a lot of it at low pressures and ambient temperatures… “I am confident that one way or another we will get there of course.”
H2MOF believes that it can launch the innovative hydrogen storage technology within the next couple of years. The startup has been able to accelerate its research using AI and computer-generated models. The founders view hydrogen as key to achieving a green transition. Cont-
This is quite alarming and stupid beyond belief to say he least abut a result of the unfit for purpose kicking the can down the road political policies giving encouragement to profit seeking regulated and artisanal mining miners and EV car makers who have been instrumental in the ruination and pollution of so much of our planet above the sea level to now carry out industrial pollution and destruction on our planets sea beds, I suppose whilst this destruction is carried out there will be other exploration of nearby planets to see how much money can be made by plundering and polluting those!
Will our worlds stupid, greedy leaders and decision makers never learn!
Tibbs
This month, Michael Lodge, the head of the International Seabed Authority, the U.N. regulator that oversees deep-sea mining, said that he believes it is only a matter of time until deep-sea mining activities take place. Lodge is seeing renewed global interest in deep-sea mining as a means of accelerating the global green transition. Governments and regulators worldwide have been exploring ways to meet the growing demand for critical metals and minerals, for fear that demand will outstrip supply if we cannot access alternative mineral deposits.
Lodge explained, “One of the main drivers of industrial interest is the potential to produce larger quantities of minerals at equivalent or lower cost to what can be produced on land.” He added, “That’s the commercial driver and certainly there is vast resource potential in seabed minerals. The question is whether they can in the end be produced economically. “But the resource potential is absolutely there. This is clear. The technology is advanced, so it seems like it is possible. And at the same time, it is very clear also that demand for minerals is increasing exponentially and is only going to continue to increase.”
The ISA is scheduled to recommence talks on deep-sea mining in Kingston, Jamaica, in March. If successful, this could lead to the development of a regulatory framework for deep-sea mining on a commercial scale. The ISA regulates mining across an area covering 54 percent of the world’s oceans, representing 68 member states as well as the EU, but not the U.S. The ISA Council has previously stated its intention to develop deep-sea mining regulations by 2025. However, 24 countries around the globe have called for a pause on these types of activities, supported by several major companies, such as Google, Samsung, and Volvo. Deep-sea mining requires the use of heavy machinery to remove metals and minerals from the ocean floor. There is a fear that commencing deep-sea mining operations before fully understanding the potential impact on the sea bed could lead to permanent harm to marine life and ecosystems.
Nevertheless, Lodge believes it is only a matter of time until deep-sea mining activities are approved. He said, “Clearly now, we are reaching a very high level of interest so I would say that yes it seems to be inevitable.” Lodge added, “Whether that takes place in international waters, or in national waters, whether that be Norway or another country, that’s impossible to say. It depends in part upon the terms and conditions I suppose.” He emphasised the unsustainably of the current situation, with a few state powers dominating the mineral and metal mining industry – such as China and Russia, and suggested that deep-sea mining could create greater competition in the industry and provide the stable supply of resources needed to support a global green transition.
By Felicity Bradstock for Oil price.com
Cont
Just a month after Norway approved the world’s first deep-sea mineral mining, a UN regulator has stated that he thinks the international practice of deep-sea mining is likely inevitable. There is growing interest in commercial deep-sea mining for critical metals and minerals to support an accelerated global green transition. However, there is also widespread opposition due to fears of the environmental impact of these types of activities, which could hinder efforts to tackle climate change.
At the beginning of the year, Norway became the first country to approve the practice of deep-sea mining for critical minerals. There has been a growing international discussion around the potential for deep-sea mining to extract metals and minerals needed to grow the world’s renewable energy capacity and help develop clean technologies. However, there has been widespread opposition to these types of mining activities from environmentalists and scientists who say we do not yet understand the potential impact of deep-sea mining well enough for it to be deemed safe. Many worry that the environmental impact of deep-sea mining could undermine the efforts of developing the world’s renewable energy capacity to tackle climate change.
In January, the Norwegian parliament voted in favour of opening its waters for commercial-scale deep-sea mining to support a global shift away from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives. It also believes that deep-sea mining could be less harmful to the environment than land-based mining, the widespread practice currently used to extract metals and minerals. There is an abundance of potato-sized nodules of critical minerals, including cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese, sitting on the bottom of the seafloor that Norway, and many other world powers, want to access through deep-sea mining to meet the growing demand for critical minerals from the green energy sector. However, Norway will not immediately commence mining operations. The government will instead assess proposals from mining companies on a case-by-case basis for license approval.
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Not diversion at all Mr Bond, but all very much related to the effects and stupidity of short term, protectionist policies of of Trump, our UK government, Brexit and others who even in the aftermath of the pandemic and now global conflicts have failed to realise, or won't admit that in the 21st century the vast majority of countries economies are dependant upon open trading with each other and having access to safe and reliable worldwide intentional transport avenues for all the goods and commodities the worlds nations have become so dependant upon!
Nice attempt at diversion.
Supply Chain Woes Could Derail Biden’s Electric Vehicle Agenda
By ZeroHedge - Feb 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CST
Automakers are struggling to meet rigorous criteria for manufacturing batteries using US and ally materials, opting for cheaper batteries from countries like China.
The exclusion of China from the supply chain threatens to increase costs and hinder the development of a competitive EV market in the US.
Both Ford and GM are cutting prices and curtailing investment in EVs, while General Motors plans to focus more on hybrid vehicles in the interim.Colon us not surprised, but another one of the Biden administration's "visions" for forcing people to own electric vehicles isn't working out exactly as planned.
Supply chain logistics problems, with Bloomberg reporting this week that in the year and a half since passing the Inflation Reduction Act, auto makers are finding out the hard way that the rigorous criteria for manufacturing batteries using materials from the United States and its free-trade allies could render them cost-inefficient compared to global competitors.
Companies like Tesla are instead taking advantage of a temporary shift in the rules to stock up with cheaper batteries from countries like China.
The Biden administration's new rules will all but cut out China from the supply chain, however, which will make it tougher to find affordable metal suppliers.
This, in turn, will threaten President Biden's goal to boost the domestic electric vehicle market. Bloomberg writes that mining companies and labour unions insist that without curtailing the influx of cheaper, Chinese-subsidized materials, the U.S. can't develop a competitive EV market.
Meanwhile, the higher costs are driving auto makers away from EVs. And as battery material requirements are set to double by 2027, fulfilling these mandates will be increasingly difficult, putting Biden's ambitious EV strategy at risk.
The demand side of the equation also looks less than favourable. We wrote just hours ago about how Ford was slashing prices on its Mach E and Lightning 150. Tesla has been slashing prices to stoke demand for nearly a year now.
Both Ford and GM have said they're going to curtail their investment in EVs. General Motors, who posted better than expected earnings earlier this month, said that it plans on changing its product range of more hybrid vehicles, drifting away from pure electric vehicles.
CEO Mary Barra said “Let me be clear, GM remains committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from our light-duty vehicles by 2035, but, in the interim, deploying plug-in technology in strategic segments will deliver some of the environment or environmental benefits of EVs as the nation continues to build this charging infrastructure.”
Consumer Reports last year found that electric vehicles have almost 80% more problems and are "generally less reliable" than conventional internal combustion engine cars!
Hi Cowichan,
So in order to make the BB balanced and not biased, I feel like I have to reply to every post from you about the bad situation in Egypt, either by explaining some points in your post, or posting some positive news that I'm sure you are aware of, but for some reason you choose not to post them..
Just like the UAE 150 billion dollars investment which brought the dollar down in the black market from 70 to 50 Egyptian pounds.. as you are so knowledgeable about Egypt and follow all its news, I'm sure you come across some positive news too, but for some reason only choose to post the bad ones..
I'm not saying there is no bad news or they are false, there is plenty of bad in Egypt, but I'm saying there is good, just like there is bad, and to choose only the bad and highlight is not good.. while "before" you used to highlight plenty of good in Egypt..
As to the Israeli gas supply to Egypt, any reduction would of course affect Egypt until they find an alternative, but at the same time it would affect Europe, because a large amount of that gas gets liquified in Egypt and exported to Europe as per the agreement between Europe, Israel and Egypt.. so Egypt takes what it needs first then exports the rest, as Europe was looking for supply other than the Russian gas.. so I would think Europe would talk to Israel about cutting any gas supply to Egypt because it would affect them first..
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-israel-egypt-sign-deal-boost-east-med-gas-exports-europe-2022-06-15/
European stock equities were mixed during the premarket hours on Wednesday in anticipation of the euro area's consumer confidence data, which is slated for release in the coming hours.
Investors will also watch for economic data releases in the United States, which will include reports on the country's domestic product price, and trade balance.
London's FTSE 100 was flat. The DAX rose 0.12%. The CAC 40 was down 0.6%. The Euro Stoxx 50 lost 0.11% at 8:01 am CET. The euro was 0.19% down against the dollar, selling at 1.08223 at 7:56 am CET. The pound sterling lost 0.21% compared to the greenback, trading at 1.26549.
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Happy hump y’al
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Well give us your esteemed opinion , cut and paste are not suficient.
Cant wait ;-)
February 27, 2024
Cairo and Tel Aviv have agreed to increase Egyptian imports of Israeli natural gas by around four billion cubic meters annually for 11 years starting July 1 of next year, tripling the amount Egypt currently receives from Israel each year according to the Times of Israel.
Egypt's domestic gas output is set to continue falling. Production at Egypt's Zohr field dropped by 14 percent in the past year alone, bringing the total decrease over the past two years to 26 percent, according to MEES.
Consecutive declines have impacted Egypt’s total natural gas production, which hit its lowest levels in six years by the end of 2023.
Economist Wael Gamal, meanwhile, flagged that Israel’s power to cut off supplies could result in a real electricity supply crisis, with all its implications, noting that equivalent Egyptian political pressure would lead only to a temporary halt in Israeli gas exports.
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2024/02/27/news/economy/domestic-natural-gas-declines-further-as-govt-increases-imports-from-israel/
Political Notes:
Some Egyptian commentators have mused the 5 square mile concrete walled holding cell Egypt has quickly built at the Rafah border crossing with Gaza is a direct result of such financial negotiations with Israel. When money talks it usually screams.
As if Iran attending the UN's human rights meeting isn't absurd enough, Iran's FM met with Egypt's FM to talk about stability in the region. Iran, the sole supplier of weapons to the Houthis which are terrorizing the Red Sea shipping lanes and decimating Suez Canal revenue making Egypt's people suffer. Can't make this stuff up.
Feb 27, 2024, 6:34 PM
Geneva, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, in a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday stressed that a revitalized relationship between Tehran and Cairo will be in the interest of both nations and the entire region.
Amirabollahian, who is in Geneva for the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) met with Shoukry on Tuesday. The two discussed a range of issues, including the status of the Tehran-Cairo relations and regional developments.
Iran’s top diplomat maintained that advancing regional stability was in the interest of both the Islamic Republic and Egypt, while saying that a recent meeting between the presidents of the two nations in Riyadh was a new starting point in bilateral relations.
He reiterated that Iran views the security of Egypt as it own security.
Efforts by Iran and Egypt on regional developments, particularly on the issue of Palestine, will have a “positive effect” on the entire region, Amirabollahian said.
He praised Egypt’s key role in supporting the Palestinians and trying to facilitate humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, whose residents have endured incessant bombings and a total siege by the Israeli regime since October last year.
Calling the Israeli regime “the root cause of the crisis” in the region, Amirabollahian urged international efforts to stop genocide in Gaza and send humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.
In response, the Egyptian foreign minister expressed hope that his discussions with his Iranian counterpart would pave the way for the revitalization of bilateral relations.
Shoukry said that relations between Iran and Egypt can be important in ensuring the stability of the region and tackling its crises.
He praised the restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and said he hoped the future of Tehran-Cairo relations would also be based on a solid foundation.
https://en.irna.ir/news/85400313/Iran-Egypt-stress-revived-ties-to-benefit-entire-region
hedgehog,
i am sorry to hear how brexit has caused so many problems for your family business and as you may be aware that is the sad state of affaires for so many businesses, forget any help or even understanding from ian duncan smith, utter toss pot, he married into money one of my wife's schoolfriends daughter of the lord of the manor in swanbourne http://www.swanbourneestate.co.uk/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedroom-tax-iain-duncan-smith-1794517
mr bond is right sir kier stanmer is afraid of anything controversial like stating just what a disaster brexit has been and why the uk should rejoin, sir keir is worried about upsetting the brain dead of the constituencies, although most of then don't vote, or when they can get off their fat lazy ****s from in front of the tv they will vote brexit, ukip or "reform" to stop those scrounging foreigners from coming here and pinching their jobs, not that so many of them have ever worked anyway!
my wife's mother was german and when we visit hannover i am often asked my opinion on how brexit has gone, i explain that i am embarrassed that so many in my country could have been so stupid to have fallen for all the lies that boris and his party told!
brexit fact checks around imports, exports and trade figures
https://fullfact.org/europe/trade/
Hedgehog you are right,I know from family exporters the mounds of extra paperwork that is needed even for Europe.
I suppose it may be vengence so others dont do a Brexit.
As for Starmer ,Is he alive or just propped up in a chair, or is his philiosophy , "Giv em enough rope " and wait.
If it is then it saves millions in electioneering.
Unfortunatley the Public are culpable after listening to media reports, all saying how bad EEU was for the UK,and dont worry the Yanks will fill the gap in trade.
You really cant make this up ,propagander ,tell the plebs black is really white long enough and they beleive it. :-)
Its a complete and utter disaster. As a small exporter I cant tell you the money we lose. 10's thousands. I write to Ian duncan smith every week, they just dont care, they arent going to admit they messed up completely, which is why i wish for the demise of the conservatives. Keir Starma is equally as much a coward without conviction.,
Banks and insurers have moved almost £1tn ($1.4tn) out of Britain and shifted thousands of jobs to Europe due to Brexit, according to a "sobering" new report on the impact of leaving the EU on Britain's financial services sector.
More than 440 financial services firms have shifted jobs to the EU as a result of Brexit, according to a new report from think tank New Financial, and firms have moved £900bn to the EU. The think tank said more jobs and assets were likely to leave Britain in the coming months and years.
The think tank said its report was the most comprehensive measure of the impact of Brexit on the City of London so far.
The study, published on Friday, identified over 440 companies that "have moved or are moving part of their business, staff, assets or legal entities from the UK to the EU." New Financial estimated that around 7,400 staff have been shifted out of London since the 2016 Brexit vote. That is in-line with EY's Brexit tracker,
Large multinational companies have not been taking lightly the fact that Britain is leaving the single EU market and customs union. Over the past year, many high-profile firms have announced relocating their European headquarters and thousands of jobs from London to Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, Frankfurt, and even Dubai.
http://www.businessfondue.com/2019/02/27/these-large-companies-are-leaving-the-uk-because-of-brexit/
T seems the UK financial and corporate establishment is agreed. The London stock market is in a funk, with too many companies hopping off to re-list in New York. Therefore the UK executive class must be given US-style pay packages to keep ‘em loyal.
That’s a slight exaggeration since, so far, it’s only a handful of companies – the likes of AstraZeneca, HSBC, LSEG (the owner of the London Stock Exchange) and the medical devices group Smith & Nephew – that have revealed, or signalled, that they want to boost executive rewards to keep up with US rivals. And none of them have threatened to quit London. All the same, it’s remarkable that an intense debate about the woes of the London stock market has morphed into a refrain about executive pay in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/27/quiet-conspiracy-afoot-give-ftse-100-executives-pay-rise
What a shower , how do they manage on such a few millions per year , how ever big their over bloated ego's or however good they may claim to be no single CEO can make so much difference to any comapny to justify what they are getting at present!
In my view let these greedy parasitic buggers go abroad if they want to , they are out of touch with reality
Tibbs
Jeremy Hunt’s financial planning is “dubious” and “lacks credibility” and the chancellor should not announce tax cuts in next week’s budget if he cannot lay out how he will fund them, an economic thinktank has said.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) calculates that Hunt would need to find £35bn of cuts from already threadbare public services if he plans to use a Whitehall spending freeze to pay for pre-election giveaways.
Taxes have increased steeply under successive Conservative administrations, bringing about the biggest tax-raising parliament in modern history. A report by the Resolution Foundation thinktank found that British households were on course to be worse off at the end of this parliamentary term, despite Hunt’s £20bn of tax cuts in his autumn statement.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/27/jeremy-hunts-dubious-financial-planning-lacks-credibility-says-ifs
Https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar
Clear here where the moves could occur
Stock markets in Europe traded lower during the premarket hours in anticipation of data on the consumer sentiment survey in Germany which will shed more light on the economic stability in the country after the report showed that its gross domestic product shrank further in the closing quarter of 2023.
Frankfurt's DAX declined 0.13%. The CAC 40 dipped 0.08%. The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.20%. London's FTSE 100 slipped 0.10%. The euro and the pound sterling were flat compared to the dollar, selling at 1.08480 and 1.26786 at 7:57 am CET.
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You really do have some serious anger management there Cowchain.
You should seek therapy- just trying to help hehe.
You must of missed me desperately these last 4 or 5 months steve-o having no one to bully
people like you are called neurotic - they feed off insults and put-downs, because they feel elevated whenever they do - thus , commenting on my losing money is a 'thrill' for you (think Donald Trump)
you should seek help , or religion , or better yet both - cause it ain't healthy laughing at your own jokes and drinking your own cool aid day after day...