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Pretium’s Bob Quartermain on respect, equality and ‘creating a good outcome’ for all

Industry veteran was recently inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

Amanda Stutt | October 21, 2022 | 12:14 pm

BASF, CUN collaborate on mining research, development and innovation in Antofagasta

While leveraging synergies in the development of innovative products and…

Staff Writer | October 20, 2022 | 12:23 pm

Recent discovery may lead to next-gen porphyry copper deposits

Researchers believe findings will help exploration geologists discover the next…

Staff Writer | October 19, 2022 | 6:06 am

Researchers better understand what it takes to improve EV batteries’ performance

A scientific team tracked the real-time movement of lithium ions…

Staff Writer | October 18, 2022 | 5:05 am

Platinum-lanthanum alloy may give push to next-gen fuel cells

Researchers at Tsinghua University have devised a method for combining…

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

How lithium can be efficiently extracted from oil and gas wastewater

Calculations show that a single week’s worth of water from hydraulic fracturing in Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale has the potential to produce enough lithium for 300 EV batteries, or 1.7 million smartphones

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 22, 2021 | 12:05 am

Universities collaborate to kickstart Australia’s critical mineral future

Research initiative to help companies better identify, characterize and extract critical minerals.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 21, 2021 | 11:24 am

Sewer gas could be used to produce clean hydrogen fuel

US-based researchers are looking into the possibility of producing hydrogen fuel from hydrogen sulphide, also known as sewer gas.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 20, 2021 | 2:06 am

Visualizing the economic impact of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle

In 2020, the Golden Triangle accounted for roughly 44% of the $422 million in mineral exploration expenditures in British Columbia.

Visual Capitalist | September 17, 2021 | 4:04 pm

New photo battery harvests the sun, stores energy in a single device

A team of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed a photo battery that has dual functions in harvesting solar energy and storing energy in a single device.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 17, 2021 | 6:15 am

New database to help mining companies predict behavior of tailings flows

Researches at the University of Waterloo found that catastrophic tailings flows have happened once every two to three years since 1965.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 16, 2021 | 12:00 am

Mining a ‘laggard among laggards’ on female representation – report

Women are leaving the mining industry due to few growth opportunities.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 15, 2021 | 11:23 am

Australia releases geological mapping data for southeast

Country released data from a large airborne electromagnetic survey across parts of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.

Reuters | September 15, 2021 | 7:31 am

How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 15, 2021 | 12:30 am

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