Many of our so-called "competitors" in the field of brown coal /...

Many of our so-called "competitors" in the field of brown coal / lignite beneficiation have fallen by the wayside in the past few years.

Ignite Energy, Shanghai Electric, Exergen and, most recently, Japan's Kobe tried and failed.

It looks like the penultimate bastion of clean coal is also finished.

Published yesterday: "Environment Victoria acting chief executive Dr. Nick Aberle said he was doubtful about whether alternative uses for coal would be successful as past state and federally-funded attempts had been unsuccessful.

Dr Aberle cited Coal Energy Australia, a lignite demonstration program aimed to develop a demonstration-scale, low-emissions lignite processing plant in the Latrobe Valley, as an example of an attempt to find alternate uses for coal that, according to Dr Aberle, has not been successful.

"Public investment into alternate uses for coal [has shown] that nothing has ever gotten off the ground," Dr Aberle said.

"Coal Energy Australia was chosen as one of the most viable [ALDP] projects... it is going nowhere. The milestones keep getting extended."


Read the article. there's talk about hydrogen in the LV and a company employing 300 people.
http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/4922963/council-probes-interest-in-mine/?cs=1462

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