• Policy

        • United States

        • 2023

        DOE Funding for Critical Minerals Production Facility

        …kind rare earth element and critical minerals extraction and separation refinery. The two recipients of the funding, the University of North Dakota and West Virginia University, will study how they can extract critical minerals from coal mine waste streams as the first of two project phases.  The Phase I projects will be managed by DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in collaboration with the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC). Over a period of about 15 months, the recipients will perform detailed engineering and cost studies to…

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        • Indonesia

        • 2023

        Energy Ministry Regulation No.10/2023

        …budgets, and reports in Indonesia's mineral and coal mining sector. Key changes include:The duration of the Work-Plan and Budget-Plan (RKAB) is extended to three years, previously valid for one year.Immediate administrative sanctions are imposed for non-compliance, such as failing to submit the RKAB on time or exceeding agreed production capacity. This can lead to instant permit revocation, a process that previously required multiple steps.The evaluation process is now facilitated by an online application, e-RKAB.The regulation details the RKAB's role in the reporting of mineral and coal mining activities. It outlines…

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        • Australia

        • 1999

        Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

        …applies to any activity that is likely to have a significant impact on identified matters of national significance, including mining or exploration activities. Subdivision E covers protection of the environment from nuclear actions including mining and milling or uranium ore. These activities are subject to environmental standards set forth in the legislation and potential penalties.Subsection FB sets standards for water resources protection in coal seam gas development or large coal mining operations. The Australian Government has released its Response to the mandated 10-yearly independent review of the EPBC Act, most recently completed in 2020. At a state level…

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        • United Kingdom

        • 2020

        UK COP26 Energy Transition Council

        …COP26 Presidency, announced that it would launch the COP26 Energy Transition Council, which will support developing countries as they transition away from coal to cleaner sources of electricity. The Council will use its platform to increase co-operation among governments and institutions to find solutions to address the technical, economic and social dimensions of clean energy transitions. Priority areas identified by the Council include: promoting clean power as the preferred choice for new generation capacity, developing policy frameworks to attract private investment into clean energy, supporting coal-dependent communities secure a just transition, and ensuring universal access to sustainable, affordable…

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        • European Union

        • 2006

        EBRD just transition initiative

        …bank’s expertise in promoting economic inclusion by harnessing private sector investments and undertaking policy engagement to promote structural changes. Moreover, the EBRD is also piloting targeted strategic support initiatives for select national and regional authorities based on transition challenges and opportunities. Such efforts will greatly support countries that require additional economic assistance to undertaken inclusive transitions. For example, the EBRD invested PLN 240 million (EUR 55 million) in a bond issued by one of Poland’s largest energy companies to pursue a decarbonisation strategy that must include a programme to address the regional social impacts of coal plant closures. 

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        • Spain

        • 2019

        Spain’s Just Transition Strategy

        …relative to 10 GW of capacity from 15 coal plants in 2018). As such, the strategy identifies territories with maximum short-term vulnerabilities and proposes an Urgent Action Plan for Coal Regions and Power Plants to address them. For coal power plants, the job losses from plant closures are not necessarily immediate as dismantling and decommissioning activities can result in job retention and even job creation. Nonetheless, these jobs are temporary and may require specialised skills that the existing labour force does not have. However, in Spain, the companies that close coal-fired power units are often the same as…

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        • Greece

        • 2020

        Greece’s just transition strategy for lignite workers

        …financed by 6% of revenues from auctions of allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System, amounting to around EUR 20 million annually. For both the Dytiki Makedonia and Peloponnesus coal-mining regions, Greece participates in the Initiative for coal regions in transition that offers technical assistance and capacity building toward the development of inclusive transition strategies and roadmaps. In 2020, Greece submitted a detailed plan for managing a just transition for its coal regions to the European Commission, supported by the World Bank and the EC’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support. The roadmap included findings from a comprehensive…

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        • People's Republic of China

        • 2023

        Catalogue of Minerals for which Mining Rights Transfer Proceeds are Collected Based on the Rate of Mining Rights Transfer Revenue

        …assignment income rates. Based on these specified rates, holders of mining rights are obligated to submit a specific portion of their sales income to the relevant departments.The minerals and income assignment rates (%) are as follows:Oil, natural gas, shale gas, natural gas hydrate - 0.8 for land mining rights, 0.6 for sea area mining rightsCoal bed methane - 0.3 Coal, stone coal (raw mineral products) - 2.4 Uranium, thorium (mineral processing products) - 1 Oil shale, oil sand - 0.8 Natural asphalt (raw mineral products) - 2.3 Geothermal - (T<60℃) 3.6, (60℃≤T<90℃) 4.2, (T≥90℃) 4.7Iron, manganese…

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        • European Union

        • 2022

        RePowerEU Plan: Joint European action on energy prices

        …9 August, coordinating demand reduction measures for gas across the EUThe Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices, adopted on 6 October 2022, incorporates itself:Measures to reduce electricity demandA cap for "inframarginal" producers to EUR 180/MWh A temporary solidarity contribution on excess profits in the oil, gas, coal and refinery sectors, to be redirected to energy consumersIn April 2022, the EU Commission published the "Playing my part" plan jointly with the IEA, encouraging citizens to reduce their energy useOn 19 December 2022, EU energy ministers reached a political agreement on a Market Correction Mechanism, valid for…

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        • France

        • 2022

        Power Purchasing Act

        …measures under the Purchasing Power Act.Those related to the energy sector encompass: a- Energy security policies:setting of a national gas storage filling trajectorydefining rules enabling State control over gas-fired power stations (for up to 4 years)accelerating the installation of a floating LNG terminal off Le Havredefining a legal framework for national load-shedding implementation and the prohibition of all luminous advertising in the event of a threat to the security of electricity supplydefining rules (notably a raise in GHG limits) enabling the extended use or reactivation of  the last two domestic coal-fired power stations: Cordemais…

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