Gold Mining Boom Threatens Ghana’s Cocoa Industry
Ghana, the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer, is facing a crisis as farmers abandon their land for illegal gold mining, driven by higher gold prices...
Next-Gen Energy Storage: Hybrid Lithium-Ion Capacitor from Saw Dust
Jijo Malayil of Interesting Engineering reports that UPV/EHU researchers created a hybrid lithium-ion capacitor using carbon from Pinus radiata wood waste. It offers 105...
US Aluminum Needs Affordable Electricity
Guy Chazan of the Financial Times reports that the US president’s ambitious plan to revive the industry risks being thwarted by high electricity prices....
What Could a Mineral Deal Mean for the U.S. and Ukraine?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is traveling to the United States today to sign a deal on mineral development in Ukraine with President Donald Trump....
BP’s New Strategy: More Oil, Less Green Energy
Joe Wallace of The Wall Street Journal reports that BP is shifting focus back to oil and gas, aiming to increase production to 2.5...
