January 18, 2023 Use tech jobs to attract women to industry, Future Minerals forum panel says The industry needs to encourage mentors, adjust mindsets and offer technology jobs to boost the level of women from just 8% of the global mining workforce.
January 17, 2023 How abandoned mines can become clean energy storage systems A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions.
January 17, 2023 Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023 A recent Harvard study indicates 81% of institutional investors in the US and 83.6% in Europe plan to increase their ESG allocations over the next two years.
January 16, 2023 ‘Era of trust’ is over, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head for Vancouver shores The trust that allowed for global trade over the last 30 years has shifted irreversibly, and countries are now scrambling to secure supplies of natural resources as a matter of…
January 15, 2023 Former gold mine to host largest underground caverns in history The site, located under the Black Hills of South Dakota, will host the largest neutrino experiment in history.
January 13, 2023 The view from England: Space rocks and rockets, the final frontier Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching the extra-terrestrial or the extra-terrestrial reaching us.
January 13, 2023 Toughest material on earth now a reality Scientists measured the highest toughness ever recorded of any material, in a chromium, cobalt, and nickel alloy.
January 12, 2023 Superdeep diamond reveals new info on earth’s geological processes A superdeep diamond recovered in Guinea has become the messenger of new information on plate tectonics.
January 8, 2023 Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite A team at Ohio University carried out a series of simulations showing how coal can be converted to valuable—and carbon-neutral—materials.
January 6, 2023 The View from England: When copper production was dominated by the Welsh The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining giant, but it used to have a dominant role in the global industry.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
