August 10, 2021 Prospect Mining Studio selects startups to pilot sustainability solutions The 12 startups will work to define critical gaps, develop prototypes, and pilot solutions at mining sites.
August 9, 2021 UN says IPCC’s climate report “code red for humanity” First major assessment from the UN-backed experts committee in nearly a decade sees no end to rising temperatures before 2050.
August 9, 2021 Ancient gold-producing technique now used in nanotechnology ETH researchers produced nanocrystals made of two different metals using amalgamation.
August 6, 2021 Industrial mining tourism – a new opportunity for old mines Tourism is one potential avenue that can turn a declining mining town's fortunes around.
August 5, 2021 Rio Tinto’s Holden mine remediation leads to land conservation in Washington State The Holden mine has been closed since the 1950’s. Rio Tinto assumed financial responsibility for remediation when it acquired Alcan.
August 5, 2021 Purified tin selenide may be ideal to convert waste heat into energy — study US and Korean researchers have developed the most efficient thermoelectric system on record.
August 4, 2021 Anglo American, Salzgitter to jointly advance green steel The partners intend to conduct research into feed materials to use in direct reduction (DR) steelmaking, based on natural gas and hydrogen.
August 4, 2021 Bacteria help extract rare earths from mine slag heaps French researchers will start extracting rare earths, cobalt, copper, and nickel from slag heaps in Finland and New Caledonia.
August 3, 2021 Manganese could help transform sunlight into energy more sustainably than iridium, ruthenium Researchers have produced luminescent manganese complexes for more sustainable materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other forms of energy.
July 31, 2021 Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
