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Australia plans to boost mineral discovery with new drill core research lab

CSIRO together with the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, the University of Western Australia and Curtin University just opened a Geoscience Drill Core Research Laboratory.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 28, 2021 | 5:17 am

Cobalt-60 — a life-saving medical isotope harvested at Onatrio Nuclear Generating Station

Ontario's CANDU reactors produce 50% of the world's supply of…

MINING.com Editor | October 27, 2021 | 2:09 pm

Colombian Mining Association establishes sustainable mining standard

Producers of coal, gold, nickel, emeralds, copper and industrial minerals…

MINING.com Editor | October 26, 2021 | 1:39 pm

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 26, 2021 | 6:06 am

Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age

MINING.COM sits down for a conversation with Denise Johnson, Caterpillar’s…

Frik Els | October 25, 2021 | 1:19 pm

MetGrow+ project looks at metals recovery

Project found ways to increase Europe’s self-sufficiency in cobalt, nickel and zinc.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2020 | 3:27 pm

Vale’s covid-19 challenge winners

Nearly 1,800 solutions were submitted globally and over 300 came from Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2020 | 3:45 pm

New technology to be game-changer in rare earths extraction

Scientists in the US are working towards securing a domestic supply of rare earth metals for electronics, computerized engines for aircraft, warships, EVs, and magnets.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 10, 2020 | 7:00 am