Bioinspired material boosts lithium-ion extraction

Study argues it would be cheap and simple to retrain coal workers for solar jobs.

According to a UN report, since 2000 two-thirds of South Africa's gold exports – mostly to India – did not appear on its trade partners' books.

Australia has about 40% of the world's uranium reserves and exports nearly 7,000 tonnes of yellow cake annually.

It is estimated that processing one ton of rare earths these days can generate about 2,000 tons of toxic waste.

Studies underway at Boulby Underground Laboratory, the UK's deep underground science facility, include the analyses of cosmic rays and climate, as well as astrobiology and life in extreme environments.

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment situation.

Silver nanowires can be used to produce flexible screens in a cheaper, less energy-intensive manner, a new study shows.

The new line of “smart” equipment will be able to communicate, instantly, how it's performing, and what might need fixing soon.

The mining groups will begin offering the premiere online professional development program to their members later this year.