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Women in Mining Spotlight: Amanda Hall

Founder and CEO of Summit Nanotech, a firm that has developed a direct lithium extraction technology.

Amanda Stutt | September 8, 2023 | 10:34 am

Construction kicks off soon on USGS research facility at Colorado School of Mines

The $240 million building will be occupied by about 250…

Staff Writer | September 6, 2023 | 4:32 pm

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance marks fifth year of QMEA GIRLS mentoring program

The academy encourages a talent pipeline of employees into vocational…

Staff Writer | September 4, 2023 | 2:08 pm

Birmingham scientists partner with CoTec to develop disruptive technologies for mineral extraction

Recycling technology originally developed by materials scientists allows extraction of…

Staff Writer | September 4, 2023 | 8:14 am

Oxygen “whiffs” play a role in the formation of ore deposits

Oxygen “whiffs" may have changed the earth’s mantle, altering the…

Staff Writer | September 3, 2023 | 7:53 am

Why mining is essential to the energy transition and global prosperity

Imagine a world without mining. Many people do.

Robert Wilt | January 4, 2023 | 6:45 am

University of Oulu gets €1.6 million funding to expedite emission-free steel industry

The Advanced Steels for a Green Planet project funded by the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation begins in January.

Staff Writer | January 3, 2023 | 4:37 pm

Mining’s biggest future challenges will be meeting sustainability expectations – and adapting to the metaverse

The mining industry’s biggest challenge will be to adapt to changes and to meet the demands of a highly sophisticated and virtualized society, writes the winner of the 2022 Northern Miner Scholarship.

Jonathan Umbsaar | January 3, 2023 | 2:18 pm

New Year’s resolutions for miners – 2023

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner looks forward at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

Amanda Stutt | December 30, 2022 | 9:33 am

Scientists working towards stopping lithium-ion battery degradation

Researchers want to move towards designing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.

Staff Writer | December 30, 2022 | 7:58 am

Two minerals never seen on earth extracted from meteorite sample

Ever heard about elaliite and elkinstantonite?

Staff Writer | December 29, 2022 | 7:28 am

Women in Mining Spotlight: Cat Culkin

Cat Culkin, chief technology officer at Pronto.ai on a virtual site visit in California.

Amanda Stutt | December 28, 2022 | 9:14 am

Extraterrestrial manganese turns out to be oxygen-free

Researchers discovered that under Mars-like conditions, manganese oxides can be readily formed without atmospheric oxygen.

Staff Writer | December 27, 2022 | 7:49 am

Turns out that gold objects were also valued during the Bronze Age

Archaeologists identified a 4000-year-old gold-working toolkit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.

Staff Writer | December 26, 2022 | 6:36 am

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