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Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats

US-based researchers have characterized for the first time two types of surface water in the hyperarid salars that contain much of the world’s lithium deposits.

Staff Writer | May 11, 2023 | 6:08 am

Britannia Mine Museum marks 100 years at British Columbia’s Mill No. 3

Designated as a National Historic Site, the 20-storey Mill No. 3…

Staff Writer | May 9, 2023 | 5:04 pm

Silver nanoparticles may become key ingredient of emission-free power

New approach to building thermoelectric modules allows for converting the…

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…

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…

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

Researchers develop new drilling fluid technology advancing mineral exploration

Research team at the Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical developed the new technology as part of research toward automating fluid monitoring and handling in the drilling industry.

Staff Writer | July 7, 2022 | 6:12 am

New 3D geological model expected to help guide exploration of rare earth elements

The model targets alkaline igneous systems, which host many of the world's REE deposits.

Staff Writer | July 7, 2022 | 5:05 am

Researchers call for science-based policies given impacts of mining on salmon, trout

Scientists comprehensively link, for the first time, mining policy to the current understanding of watershed ecology and salmonid biology.

Staff Writer | July 6, 2022 | 6:10 am

The Metals Company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

British Columbia firm looks to unleash a new era of resource extraction, raising questions over how to protect deep-sea ecosystems we know little about.

Stefan Labbé - Business in Vancouver | July 5, 2022 | 3:14 pm

Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought

Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.

Staff Writer | July 5, 2022 | 6:06 am

UK launches critical minerals data centre

To be run by the British Geological Survey, the centre will use the data to help to find ways to source minerals needed for green technologies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 4, 2022 | 6:34 am

Minerals from Antarctica give clues to potentially habitable locations on Mars

Minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding of the surface and subsurface environment of Mars.

Staff Writer | June 30, 2022 | 6:06 am

Nicola Mining, UBC partner to find new porphyry copper targets in British Columbia

UBC Mineral Deposit Research Unit awarded $2 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Staff Writer | June 29, 2022 | 1:00 pm

Space tech start up discovers path to emission-free future for steel industry on earth

Helios scientists discovered that technology created for a reactor built to extract oxygen and iron from regolith could also be used to extract 99% pure iron from iron ore.

Staff Writer | June 28, 2022 | 3:57 pm

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