Mining sector shifts focus to electrify mobile equipment, harness renewable energy, and deploy data-driven maintenance to achieve net-zero targets amid growing demand for critical raw materials and technological innovation. Heavy equipment sits at the centre of any credible plan to decarbonise mining. Industry leaders and analysts increasingly argue that tackling emissions from excavators, haul trucks, loaders and other mobile and fixed assets offers the most direct route to cutting on-site pollution and delivering measurable progress against net-zero targets. The rationale is straightforward: mobile machinery is a major source of Scope 1 emissions and a focal point for fuel consumption. Electrifying…

The Negative Emissions Platform proposes a pragmatic strategy to boost early demand for carbon removal in the EU, including a Buyers’ Club and public procurement to catalyse market growth ahead of 2030. The Negative Emissions Platform has set out a pragmatic road map for jump-starting demand for carbon dioxide removal across the European Union before 2030, arguing that near-term, targeted interventions are needed while longer-term market structures are finalised. According to the NEP discussion paper authored by its CDR financing lead Atilla Yucel, Europe’s removal projects are mired in a cycle of uncertainty: developers delay final investment decisions because of…

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation proposes a systemic shift in EV battery management to extend asset life, reduce demand for new materials, and unlock economic benefits, spotlighting industry-led actions and policy reforms at the World Economic Forum. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has set out a roadmap for treating electric vehicle batteries and the minerals they contain as durable, recoverable assets rather than single‑use commodities, in a report presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 24 January 2026. According to the report by the foundation, a systemic shift across product design, business models, infrastructure and governance is needed to retain…

The European Union has reoriented its climate ambitions, framing decarbonisation as a catalyst for industrial growth and energy resilience amid geopolitical and economic pressures, raising questions about balancing competitiveness with environmental targets. Since the European Commission launched the European Green Deal in December 2019 the bloc has sought to recast its economy around deep decarbonisation and climate neutrality by 2050. That ambition, to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 against 1990 levels and to embed a just transition for affected regions, remains the EU’s stated objective, reinforced by the European Climate Law and funding instruments such…

Hitachi Energy’s four-week trial at a UK construction site demonstrates the commercial viability of using hydrogen fuelled generators and battery storage to eliminate diesel emissions, signalling a significant shift towards greener construction practices. Hitachi Energy has demonstrated a commercially viable route to fossil‑free construction by operating a UK grid‑connection worksite for four weeks using a hydrogen fuelled generator and battery storage instead of diesel, the company said. According to Hitachi Energy, the temporary power system supplied its National Grid 400 kilovolt connection project at Rugeley, Staffordshire, with a HyFlex® hydrogen generator fed by green hydrogen from Air Products together with…

Topsoe will supply its Hydroflex® hydrotreating technology to Tangshan Jinlihai Biotechnology for a US$210 million renewable fuels hub, aiming to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel while significantly reducing CO2 emissions in China’s growing green energy sector. Topsoe will supply its Hydroflex® hydrotreating technology and associated services to Tangshan Jinlihai Biotechnology Co., Ltd for a renewable fuels hub planned at the Caofeidian Petrochemical Industry Base in Tangshan, Hebei province, the companies said. The facility is designed to process about 300,000 tonnes of feedstock per year, using waste oil as its primary input, and carries a planned capital outlay of…

At the Hamburg Summit, the UK and European partners formalised a pact to develop up to 100 GW of cross-border offshore wind capacity by 2050, signalling a new era of regional energy collaboration and resilience. At the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on 26 January 2026, the United Kingdom and nine European partners formalised a cooperative framework to develop up to 100 GW of cross‑border offshore wind capacity in shared North Sea waters by 2050. According to the UK government, the Hamburg Declaration , signed by ministers from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the…

The UK is advancing towards operationalising its long-awaited deposit return scheme, with a new consumer-facing identity, Exchange for Change, unveiled as the nation gears up for a 2027 launch aimed at boosting recycling and reducing litter. The UK’s long-awaited deposit return scheme has taken a concrete step towards becoming operational after the industry body charged with running it unveiled its consumer-facing identity as Exchange for Change, an element described in an exclusive by The Grocer. With an implementation date set for October 2027, the programme is moving from policy discussion into the practical phase that will test the readiness of…

Heidelberg Materials projects a resilient 2026 operation driven by modest market recovery and a strategic focus on low-carbon technology, amid geopolitical uncertainties and tightening regulations in the cement industry. Heidelberg Materials is projecting a resilient operating year in 2026 as it balances improving market dynamics with an aggressive decarbonisation and cost‑efficiency push, the group’s chief executive said in remarks to BNP Paribas and company publications show. Management expects modestly higher cement volumes in 2026, underpinned by tentative recovery in continental Europe (excluding the UK) and continued, if limited, growth in the United States. Price gains across the US and European…

The Northern Endurance Partnership secures a seabed lease from The Crown Estate, paving the way for the UK’s first large-scale offshore CO2 storage project, with operations anticipated to start in 2028. The Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) has moved from planning to delivery after signing a commercial seabed lease with The Crown Estate that clears the way for the United Kingdom’s first large-scale offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to enter construction. According to Carbon Herald, the agreement secures NEP’s route for an offshore pipeline and the Endurance storage complex, a deep saline aquifer in the southern North Sea with…