Sultan Mining and Energy Development Corp. (SMEDC) reported its Surigao del Sur coal mine has posted significant increase in sales volumes coal mine owing to a rising demand for the commodity, a company official said.
“For April alone, the production volume of 22,000 metric tons [increased] 120 percent from the previous month. It was also greater [...]

ELEANOR HALL: The nuclear debate so far has focused on uranium. But there is another mineral that could drive an Australian nuclear industry.
A Sydney nuclear physicist has been working on an experimental accelerator driven reactor that uses thorium as a fuel.
Dr Reza Hashemi-Nezhad from the School of Physics at the University of Sydney says thorium [...]