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Phosphorus can be produced in an environmentally friendly way – study

Researchers have reduced the overall carbon footprint for generating white phosphorus by about 50%.

Staff Writer | March 9, 2023 | 5:29 am

Scientists synthesize rare earth element key for biomedical research

Ireland-based researchers have developed a method for the synthesis of…

Staff Writer | March 8, 2023 | 5:10 am

South America looks at creating “lithium OPEC”

Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil would cooperate to expand their processing…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2023 | 6:53 am

Newly discovered protein supports efficient refining of REEs

Switzerland-based researchers discovered lanpepsy, a protein which specifies rare earth…

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 6:06 am

Jewelry maker Pandora targets recycled gold

The jewelry maker on Friday sold a debut €500 million…

Bloomberg News | March 3, 2023 | 11:00 am

The View from England: Augmented humans in Las Vegas

MINExpo is the first large-scale mining trade show to take place in a world emerging from the pandemic.

Chris Hinde - The Northern Miner | September 13, 2021 | 2:12 pm

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2021 | 6:16 am

New type of catalyst may help protect supply of precious metals – study

Researchers high demand for catalysts means that global supplies of gold, platinum and palladium are become rapidly depleted

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 13, 2021 | 1:31 am

Novel type of graphene proposed for high-performance sodium batteries

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology say that Janus graphene - named after the Roman god of new beginnings - can open new doors to high-capacity sodium-ion batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 10, 2021 | 10:00 am

American Lithium upgrades TLC mineralization through gravity concentration testing

Latest testing has retained as much as 88% of the lithium in 60% of the original mass.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 9, 2021 | 9:16 am

Over 1,000 of Teck’s germ-killing copper patches installed on BC college campus

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.

MINING.com Editor | September 8, 2021 | 1:57 pm

De Beers latest sale shows steady rebound in diamond market

The world’s top producer by value sold $515 million worth of rough diamonds, the largest figure for this time of year since 2016.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2021 | 7:25 am

BHP inks exploration deal with Gates and Bezos-backed KoBold Metals

The world’s largest miner will use artificial intelligence tools developed by KoBold, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2021 | 3:55 am

New research to bring fibre optic technology to Australian mining sector

Project will seek to produce data to reduce the cost of geophysical characterisation of the subsurface and develop a safer resource extraction process.

MINING.com Editor | September 7, 2021 | 12:07 pm

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