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Quartz can help predict, manage wildfires

The intensity of quartz luminescence is higher in sediments that have been exposed to wildfires.

Staff Writer | October 19, 2023 | 6:06 am

Vale Institute of Technology, ICMBio to execute genetic sequencing of plants and animals in Brazil

By the end of 2027, the GBB will produce 5,000…

Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 4:13 pm

Ancient nickel-eating microbes can teach us valuable biomining techniques – study

Methanogens are ancient life forms that still exist today. They…

Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 6:06 am

Top miners, academics partner to seek new ways to discover sedimentary copper

Kupferschiefer project aims to revisit archive geological data and reinterpret…

Staff Writer | October 16, 2023 | 6:42 am

Limestone reveals the hidden lives of microbes

Limestone uses may expand beyond the cement industry.

Staff Writer | October 15, 2023 | 7:50 am

Silver nanoparticles may become key ingredient of emission-free power

New approach to building thermoelectric modules allows for converting the energy they produce into emission-free power.

Staff Writer | May 8, 2023 | 6:06 am

Odds ‘n’ Sods: How not to drill a project, Part 2

We'd learned some tough lessons in Phase 1, and this time around we were going to be smarter.

Ralph Rushton | May 5, 2023 | 1:03 pm

BHP, Rio Tinto call for partners in tailings management technology

World's biggest miners are inviting expressions of interest from technology providers, equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, startups and research groups across the globe.

Staff Writer | May 3, 2023 | 9:26 am

New method allows for recovery of 100% of the silver in thin-film solar cells

An environmentally friendly process allows for the recovery of 100% of the silver and 85% of the indium contained in thin-film solar cells.

Staff Writer | May 3, 2023 | 6:06 am

Exploring for terbium? Try the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet

Turns out there is terbium on KELT-9, an exoplanet whose average temperature is 4,000 degrees Celsius.

Staff Writer | May 1, 2023 | 6:06 am

Three-quarters of small earthquakes in South Korea related to mining explosions – study

Out of 182,000 small seismic events that took place in seven years in South Korea, 135,000 were related to mining explosions.

Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 7:34 am

Women in Mining Spotlight: Jeannette McGill

VP and General Manager of Metals and Mining at AspenTech was former Head of Technology & Innovation: Platinum at Anglo American.

Amanda Stutt | April 28, 2023 | 11:52 am

NASA’s mineral mapping instrument goes into retirement

NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars produced maps that make it easy to tie mineral deposits observed in high-resolution images to regional scale trends.

Staff Writer | April 27, 2023 | 6:06 am

Flexible gold sensor may become game-changer for body glucose monitoring

Gold offers a new route toward miniaturized, flexible, implanted medical devices to diagnose and treat chronic diseases.

Staff Writer | April 26, 2023 | 6:06 am

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