Suppliers & Equipment Top Stories

Buried fortune of old copper wire is worth billions to telcos

In the migration to fiber-optic cable, telecommunications companies could recover as much as 800,000 metric tons of copper over the next decade.

Bloomberg News | May 30, 2024 | 7:11 am

Water, vortex device used to create gold nanoparticles

Researchers have produced different types of gold nanoparticles using a…

Staff Writer | May 30, 2024 | 6:06 am

Billions in African gold smuggled to UAE each year — report

Illicit gold trade amounts to $23.7 billion-$35 billion annually based…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2024 | 5:42 am

Epiroc buys remaining stake in autonomous solutions provider ASI Mining

ASI Mining, a subsidiary of Utah-based Autonomous Solutions Inc., is…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2024 | 3:01 pm

Wyloo Metals to build battery materials processing plant in Ontario

The facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2024 | 12:52 pm

Vale eyes more battery systems in its operations

Vale is looking at expanding the use of industrial batteries to power ports and mining sites.

Reuters | February 20, 2024 | 7:43 am

Electrodialysis technology to extract lithium from thermal sources gets award

Researchers at Alma Energy and the University of Texas El Paso are working on a solution to extract usable lithium and generate energy from hydrothermal waters.

Staff Writer | February 17, 2024 | 6:06 am

First commercial gravity storage for energy planned in Finnish mine

Gravitricity has chosen the former Pyhäjärvi mine, Europe’s deepest copper-zinc mine, to deploy its technology.

Staff Writer | February 15, 2024 | 11:00 am

Stanford researchers figure out how to reduce Li-metal battery degradation

Resting is important – particularly for lithium-metal batteries.

Staff Writer | February 15, 2024 | 6:06 am

Sibanye-Stillwater, Heraeus team up to save palladium

The miners will explore new uses for PGMs, particularly palladium, in the hydrogen market amid weak demand for the metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2024 | 5:29 am

Africa moves a step closer to continent’s first cobalt refinery

Nigeria-based Africa Finance Corp. last week signed an expression of interest to provide $100 million in financing to the facility.

Bloomberg News | February 14, 2024 | 2:34 pm

Four in custody over SSR gold mine landslide in Turkey

Police and military teams, mine rescuers and volunteers, totalling more than 1,700 people, are looking for the missing workers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2024 | 3:44 am

BHP partners with Chile miners to battle cybersecurity risks

The initiative, led by Corporación Alta Ley and supported by the Chilean Ministry of Mining, aims to generate and share cyber-intelligence information.

Staff Writer | February 13, 2024 | 4:56 pm

Fleet Space technologies launches expert-in-residence program, appoints former BHP VP

The first appointee to the XIR program is Keenan Jennings, former vice president of Metals Exploration at BHP.

Staff Writer | February 13, 2024 | 1:48 pm

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