Suppliers & Equipment Top Stories

Brewer’s yeast helps recover metals from e-waste

Researchers have found a way of selectively capturing metals from a waste stream using spent brewer's yeast.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2024 | 6:06 am

British Columbia funds new extraction technology

BC invested $630,000 from the Province’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund…

Staff Writer | March 20, 2024 | 4:44 pm

Gold nanoclusters help remove toxic chemicals from wastewater

A scientific team at Flinders University has discovered a novel…

Staff Writer | March 20, 2024 | 6:06 am

Hummingbird faces fresh headwinds at Guinea gold mine

One of its main contractors has halted activities at the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 20, 2024 | 5:19 am

SQM venture arm invests in UK-based water tech company

The investment, according to SQM, goes hand-in-hand with its ongoing…

Staff Writer | March 19, 2024 | 9:53 am

US researchers bring ancient Egyptian goldbeating technique to modern nanomanufacturing

Goldbeating is an age-old craft pioneered by ancient Egyptian artisans more than five millennia ago.

Staff Writer | August 31, 2023 | 6:06 am

India confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the moon’s lunar south pole

India's lunar rover also detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface.

Staff Writer | August 30, 2023 | 9:26 am

AI’s potential role in the coal industry

AI can automate and optimize various processes in the coal industry, making them more efficient and accurate.

Reuters | August 30, 2023 | 8:20 am

Lithium players race for breakthrough to meet electric car demand

After years of intense testing and development work, the world is about to find out whether DLE works on a commercial scale.

Bloomberg News | August 30, 2023 | 8:03 am

Codelco woes mount with potential rating cut by Moody’s

Moody’s Investors Service potential downgrade adds to Codelco's worries, including rising debt, declining ore grades and inflation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2023 | 6:15 am

Graphite’s dominance of anode market likely to continue in the mid-term – report

IDTechEx forecasts that graphite will remain the most widely used anode material in Li-ion batteries through the medium term with demand exceeding 2 million tonnes by 2029.

Staff Writer | August 30, 2023 | 6:06 am

BHP mulls taking Escondida underground

BHP is studying ways to offset an expected drop in copper grades in Chile, including a new concentrator and taking Escondida underground.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2023 | 3:55 am

Boliden’s Garpenberg mine receives Sandvik’s first Toro LH518iB

Boliden is partnering with Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions for a 12-month collaborative trial of the new automation-ready 18-tonne battery-electric loader.

Sandvik | August 29, 2023 | 1:11 pm

Colorado School of Mines warns of ‘grey tsunami’ of mining industry retirements

Mining the minerals needed globally for the energy transition is not keeping pace.

Amanda Stutt | August 29, 2023 | 11:42 am

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