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Lignite Coal Power CCS Project in North Dakota Secures First $4.1M Federal Tranche for Carbon Capture

The Project Tundra initiative, a demonstration project aimed at capturing 4 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) annually from two lignite-fired units at the Milton R. Young Station in North Dakota, has received a significant boost. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has awarded the project $4.1 million as part of a larger $350 million cost-share commitment. This funding marks the first tranche to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the 705-MW coal power plant near Center, North Dakota…

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Taking Stock: Global Thermal Coal

I’ll start out with this first post by taking the temperature of the global thermal coal markets and looking out over the next year or so.

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Google Could Leverage Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers Amid AI Boom

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries, major tech companies are grappling with the massive energy demands required to power their growing infrastructure. Among them, Google is exploring innovative solutions to meet its energy needs while maintaining its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030…

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Steel Prices Bottoming Out Amid Cautious Optimism for 2025

At the Siderweb Forum’s roundtable discussion titled “Steel in Italy and the World,” steel industry leaders expressed cautious optimism for a potential recovery in 2025, suggesting that current steel prices may have bottomed out after a prolonged downturn…

US Proceeds with Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Commodities

The United States is moving forward with Section 301 tariffs on a range of Chinese commodity imports, including steel, aluminum, lithium-ion batteries, and other critical minerals, as announced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on September 13, 2024…

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