Peabody Energy has announced that Julian Thornton, Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, has been promoted to Managing Director for Australian Operations. Further information can be found...

Nanofuels are the subject of a new feasibility study at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. They could provide a more environmentally sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, say researchers. The concept is to inject wet and dry fuels made from silicon, aluminium or iron nanoparticles (separately, as single fuels) into internal combustion engines.