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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.

Staff Writer | January 17, 2023 | 7:05 am

Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023

A recent Harvard study indicates 81% of institutional investors in…

Elizabeth Freele and Rachel Dekker | January 17, 2023 | 6:35 am

‘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…

Henry Lazenby | January 16, 2023 | 6:24 am

Former gold mine to host largest underground caverns in history

The site, located under the Black Hills of South Dakota,…

Staff Writer | January 15, 2023 | 6:45 am

The view from England: Space rocks and rockets, the final frontier

Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching…

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

Japanese researchers develop high energy density lithium-air battery

Scientists believe the devices have the potential to be the ultimate rechargeable batteries, with theoretical energy densities several times that of currently available lithium-ion batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 26, 2022 | 6:06 am

McKinsey pegs the price tag of a livable climate at $9.2 trillion a year

That’s at least $3.5 trillion more a year than the world is currently laying out for both low-carbon and fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Bloomberg News | January 25, 2022 | 7:42 am

BHP, university researchers to explore four-dimensional controls on nickel mineral systems

BHP has partnered with three universities whose research is expected to challenge the current understanding of the nickel mineral system.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 25, 2022 | 5:05 am

New developments improve dual-ion battery technology

Chinese researchers have provided a solution to a problem that causes DIBs to malfunction when they recharge and discharge.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 24, 2022 | 6:05 am

Education spotlight: Determining the essential value of mining projects

Edumine's Valuation of Mineral Projects course runs online January 24-28, 2022.

Amanda Stutt | January 21, 2022 | 12:50 pm

Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2022

ESG action is now considered critical to both business and social resilience and is increasingly integrated into board oversight responsibilities and executive compensation.

Elizabeth Freele and Rachel Dekker | January 20, 2022 | 6:22 am

Copper plays a role in ozone depletion –research

New research by UC Berkeley geochemists shows that copper in soil and seawater acts as a catalyst to turn organic matter into both methyl bromide and methyl chloride, two potent halocarbon compounds that destroy ozone.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2022 | 6:06 am

Ecuador indigenous demand rights to consent on extractive projects

In recent years, both A'i Cofan and Waorani communities have won lawsuits in local courts to suspend mining and oil exploitation in their territories.

Reuters | January 18, 2022 | 12:04 pm

Newly discovered ‘strange metal’ could be key to lossless power grids, quantum computers

Researchers found strange metal behaviour in a material in which electrical charge is not carried by electrons.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2022 | 6:06 am

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