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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…

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…

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,…

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

BHP, JX Metals to form partnership aimed at reducing carbon footprint in copper supply chain

The companies already have a long-standing relationship dating back to 1985 with the commissioning of Escondida, the world's largest copper mine.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2023 | 8:46 am

Deep-sea mining could hurt $5.5bn tuna industry, study claims

Scientists say climate change would likely change tuna's migration patterns, leading them to areas targeted by deep-sea miners.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2023 | 5:44 am

Mineral dendrites reveal rocks’ history

Understanding the dynamics of the growth of three-dimensional mineral dendrites is important in physics, geology, material sciences and even the study of extraterrestrial environments.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2023 | 5:14 am

Nevada juniors collaborate on mine reclamation research

Two research projects aimed at offsetting carbon emissions and implementing sustainable mine reclamation are in development in the Tonopah Silver District.

By Henry Lazenby in Tonopah, Nevada | July 10, 2023 | 10:28 am