Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first space missions this yearThe first launch, scheduled for April, will test AstroForge’s technique for refining platinum from a sample of asteroid-like material.Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:19 am
Flexible copper sensor can detect heavy metals in sweatHeavy metals are present in batteries, cosmetics, food and other…Staff Writer | January 24, 2023 | 6:30 am
Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals and Boliden select glycine leaching technology to manage tailingsCzech company's technology selected to be part of waste-to-value challenge.Staff Writer | January 19, 2023 | 12:58 pm
Scientists develop low-cost, graphene-based method to remove uranium from drinking water “Within hours, our process can purify a large quantity of drinking water below the EPA limit for uranium.” Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 12, 2021 | 6:06 am
Gates-backed firm joins Bluejay on battery metals quest KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires, will pay $15m in exploration funding for Greenland project. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2021 | 3:43 am
Electrification may allow mines to generate extra income — report A report by IDTechEx states that once depleted, some electric mines mat transition to being zero-emission power stations. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 8, 2021 | 8:31 am
Mountain Province bounces back as diamond demand returns Its 49%-owned Gahcho Kué mine has rebounded well from a difficult start to the year, that saw it shut down for 22 days. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 5, 2021 | 7:01 am
BHP joins Komatsu’s GHG Alliance BHP plans to operate one of the first batches of zero-emission trucks upon commercial release. MINING.com Editor | August 4, 2021 | 2:23 pm
Metso Outotec flags 2nd half growth with orders jump The group's order intake, an indication of future revenue, grew 43% from the pandemic-hit quarter last year to $1.61 billion. Reuters | August 4, 2021 | 7:41 am
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. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 4, 2021 | 7:03 am
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. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 3, 2021 | 6:06 am
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. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 31, 2021 | 2:32 pm