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Scientists purify uranium-laden water using magnetic bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell walls.

Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 6:19 am

How fool’s gold fooled archaeologists for years

Researchers found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia…

Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 7:37 am

Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 calls for nominations to steering committee

The application process is open until May 19.

Staff Writer | May 16, 2023 | 12:23 pm

New sponge can remove toxic metals, recover critical minerals from contaminated water

Researchers developed a new sponge that can remove heavy metals…

Staff Writer | May 14, 2023 | 4:00 am

What Canada’s new Modern Slavery Act means for miners

New legislation has far-reaching implications for all Canadian-headquartered companies that…

Elizabeth Freele and Rachel Dekker | May 13, 2023 | 11:46 am

How to accurately determine the impact of lithium mining on water sources

In a paper published in the journal Earth's Future, scientists point out that previous studies have not addressed two important factors which has led to misguided estimations and assumptions.

Staff Writer | July 13, 2022 | 6:06 am

CSIRO contracted to plan environmental monitoring for deep-sea nodule collection

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation to create a framework for the development of an ecosystem-based management and monitoring plan.

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 3:33 pm

Brazilian jeweler sets out on a mission to promote ethical mining

In 2020, Ara Vartanian launched an initiative to highlight Brazilian mines that invest in their communities and produce stones that can be traced back to the source.

Bloomberg News | July 11, 2022 | 12:10 pm

CBHA presents 140-year history of Canadian mining

Panel of experts led by former CMJ editor Jane Werniuk takes us through some of the key historical events.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2022 | 11:46 am

Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life’s power generators below earth’s surface

For the first time, there is an insight into how energy is stored deep in the earth’s subsurface.

Staff Writer | July 10, 2022 | 7:45 am

UN Women, Teck Resources provide Indigeous training in Chile through Originarias Program

$3.8 million investment supports women and families in Northern Chile where Teck is building its QB2 project.

Staff Writer | July 8, 2022 | 6:34 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

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