Suppliers & Equipment Top Stories

Weir Group margins buffed by mining sector, raises dividend

The engineering group has increased its full year dividend by 18%.

Staff Writer | February 29, 2024 | 11:36 am

UK-based Getech, East Star partner to explore for Kazakhstan copper

East Star currently holds copper licenses on the Verkhuba deposit, which…

Staff Writer | February 29, 2024 | 10:59 am

Nickel-based electrode material opens doors to cobalt-free batteries

A new nickel-based electrode material opens new avenues to cobalt-free…

Staff Writer | February 29, 2024 | 6:06 am

New technique helps recover more copper, zinc, lead from slag

A sulfurization-reduction approach facilitates the efficient extraction of metals from…

Staff Writer | February 28, 2024 | 6:06 am

BatMan project uses lasers to optimize EV batteries

A new laser patterning process to alter the microstructure of…

Staff Writer | February 27, 2024 | 6:06 am

Marine animals flee Takuyo-Daigo seamount after Japan’s deep-sea mining test

Marine animals vacated the area where Japan extracted cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt.

Staff Writer | July 19, 2023 | 6:06 am

Rio Tinto flags cost hike at Argentina lithium project

Rio Tinto’s $140 million estimate and schedule for the starter plant at Rincon lithium project are under review due to cost escalation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2023 | 5:03 am

Epiroc upbeat on outlook after profit jump

Company sees continuing high demand in near term.

Reuters | July 18, 2023 | 9:32 am

Iron helps produce graphene from wood chips

A recently-discovered mechanism enables iron to help convert waste such as wood chips into graphene.

Staff Writer | July 18, 2023 | 6:06 am

Blackwater mine site infrastructure remains intact, wildfire damage minimal, says CEO

Blackwater mine is in the vicinity of an uncontrolled wildfire in central British Columbia.

Staff Writer | July 17, 2023 | 3:08 pm

Kicking tires: It’s time to talk about mining’s overlooked ESG problem

There are millions of end-of-life tires buried or piled high at mines around the world. A unique Canada-Japan joint venture is tackling this problem head-on in the heart of global copper mining.

Frik Els | July 17, 2023 | 11:31 am

New form of silicon could revolutionize quantum computing

The new form of silicon is called Q-silicon and, among other properties, it is ferromagnetic at room temperature.

Staff Writer | July 17, 2023 | 6:06 am

Rainbow, Mosaic partner on rare earths extraction in Brazil

They expect to produce a preliminary economic assessment of the opportunity to extract rare earths from from Mosaic’s phosphogypsum stack.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2023 | 5:33 am

South Asia’s main sources of polluting particulate matter identified

Coal power generation, wood burning, motor vehicles and other combustion sources are behind the large amounts of PM2.5 in South Asia.

Staff Writer | July 16, 2023 | 7:32 am

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