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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.

Chris Hinde | January 13, 2023 | 2:27 pm

Toughest material on earth now a reality

Scientists measured the highest toughness ever recorded of any material,…

Staff Writer | January 13, 2023 | 6:06 am

Superdeep diamond reveals new info on earth’s geological processes

A superdeep diamond recovered in Guinea has become the messenger…

Staff Writer | January 12, 2023 | 5:06 am

Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite

A team at Ohio University carried out a series of…

Staff Writer | January 8, 2023 | 7:49 am

The View from England: When copper production was dominated by the Welsh

The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining…

Chris Hinde | January 6, 2023 | 6:16 am

Scientists explore development of indestructible batteries

Researchers are using a first-of-its-kind analytical approach to building better batteries that could help make them indestructible.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 23, 2022 | 6:06 am

USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list

The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four.

MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 1:23 pm

New catalyst can turn CO2 into gasoline 1,000 times more efficiently

Stanford University researchers developed a new catalyst that increases the production of long-chain hydrocarbons from captured CO2.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 22, 2022 | 5:05 am

Women in Mining: The need for qualitative diversity

Mining is behind almost all other industries, including oil and gas, in gender parity.

Anna Saghabalyan and Nara Ghazaryan | February 21, 2022 | 12:54 pm

The View from England: Mining’s Royal lesson

Just when you thought the industry's public image couldn't get any worse, it did.

Chris Hinde | February 18, 2022 | 1:01 pm

Inorganic materials make ultra-thin solar cells more efficient

A new approach used to develop solar cells based on AgBiS2 enables absorption coefficients higher than any other photovoltaic material used to date.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2022 | 6:06 am

How to ready your company for AI-driven ESG performance evaluation

The inaugural ‘Responsible Capitalism’ survey in late 2021 found that 88% of institutional investors now see ESG factors as more important than traditional financial metrics when making long-term investment decisions.

Elizabeth Freele | February 17, 2022 | 6:00 am

‘Endangered metals’ no longer needed to produce hydrogen from water

Japanese scientists found a way to use cobalt and manganese to produce hydrogen for fuel cells and agricultural fertilizers.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2022 | 5:05 am

Million-years-old minerals reveal new info on earth’s recycling mechanism for surface material

Ancient pieces of garnet, zircon and rutile found on the coast of Oman have given scientists a new understanding of subduction.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2022 | 6:06 am

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