Suppliers & Equipment Top Stories

Ten GWh of sodium-ion batteries expected to be installed by 2025 – report

IDTechEx predicts that by 2025, around 10 GWh of sodium-ion batteries will be installed.

Staff Writer | July 23, 2023 | 6:45 am

Barrick Gold targeted by Russian cybercriminal group Clop in global data theft that hit Sun Life, Vancouver transit police

Clop’s modus operandi is to demand ransom in return for…

Niall McGee - The Globe and Mail | July 20, 2023 | 11:28 am

Metal cutting is helping researchers understand metals’ behaviour under extreme conditions

New research opens an interesting application for metal cutting as…

Staff Writer | July 20, 2023 | 6:06 am

ABB looking at automation, electrification acquisitions

ABB is targeting five to ten acquisitions per year, its…

Reuters | July 19, 2023 | 5:04 pm

Self-healing metal? It’s not just the stuff of science fiction

Scientists on Wednesday described how pieces of pure platinum and…

Reuters | July 19, 2023 | 1:38 pm

Britain sanctions Russia’s “Nickel King” Vladimir Potanin

Sanctions on Russia’s second richest man and president of Nornickel, target Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, the UK government said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2022 | 3:41 am

Researchers now know why hackmanite changes colour

Hackmanite is considered a natural wonder material that is cheap and easy to synthesize and that has applications in personal UV monitoring and X-ray imaging.

Staff Writer | June 28, 2022 | 5:05 am

Teck tests carbon capture use and storage at Canadian operations

Canada’s largest diversified miner has set the pilot project at its Trail Operations metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 28, 2022 | 3:39 am

UBC tests carbon-capture potential of Inomin’s Beaver critical minerals project

Inomin's inaugural 2021 drilling program at Beaver generated a significant discovery of high-grade magnesium and other critical minerals including nickel, chromium, and cobalt.

Staff Writer | June 27, 2022 | 11:14 am

Petroleum coke may be a sustainable source of graphene

Researchers are using electrochemical exfoliation to turn petroleum coke into graphene.

Staff Writer | June 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

New oxidation-resistant copper thin films may change the electronics, semiconductor game

Oxidation-resistant copper thin films could potentially replace gold in semiconductor devices.

Staff Writer | June 24, 2022 | 6:06 am

Metso Outotec to deliver crushing and grinding equipment to Blackwater project in B.C.

The scope of delivery consists of the supply of the Superior MK-III 4265 primary gyratory crusher, the Nordberg HP900 secondary and tertiary cone crushers, and 14-MW Premier ball mill for the Phase 1 process plant at Blackwater.

Staff Writer | June 23, 2022 | 10:36 am

MacLean to supply BEVs for Glencore’s Sudbury nickel operations

The MacLean battery electric vehicle (BEV) fleet at Onaping will consist of support vehicles for explosives charging, secondary reduction, shotcrete spraying, concrete transport, and utility vehicles.

Staff Writer | June 22, 2022 | 11:26 am

Chile copper workers begin nationwide strike over smelter closure

News of the strike comes amid an historic $583 million reinvestment plan for Codelco announced by the government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2022 | 7:01 am

First

Last