September 8, 2021
Environment officials and campaigners have called for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining and on issuing new exploration contracts unless marine ecosystems can be effectively protected.
September 8, 2021
Coal mining is more commonly criticised by environmentalists for polluting air and water, degrading landscapes and fuelling climate change than for creating new wildlife habitats.
September 8, 2021
Results from an industry-first trial in 2020 showed that copper is effective at killing up to 99.9% of bacteria on high-touch transit surfaces.
September 8, 2021
A new lithium metal battery offers extremely high energy density of 560 watt-hours per kilogram.
September 7, 2021
Project will seek to produce data to reduce the cost of geophysical characterisation of the subsurface and develop a safer resource extraction process.
September 6, 2021
Burning Man principles contain lessons that could be more usefully shared with the mining industry.
September 3, 2021
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder say there is growing concern about REE concentrations, which are not monitored and there are no water quality standards set for them.
September 1, 2021
A collaboration between Geoscience BC and the mineral exploration sector created a new public data compilation to guide decisions about exploration for critical minerals in the province.
August 31, 2021
Researchers at the University of Southern California propose introducing “stretch” into battery materials so they can be cycled repeatedly without structural fatigue.
August 30, 2021
Using research from the U.S. Department of Energy, this graphic puts in perspective the efficiency of a single uranium pellet in comparison to fossil fuels.
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