ESG, green energy transition to remain top-of-mind in mining boardrooms – report

The environmental, social and governance theme anchored itself as a mainstream aspect of the mining business in 2021, a report by White & Case states.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 25, 2022 | 5:05 am

Copper, nickel play important role in development of next-gen 2D materials

Copper and nickel enhanced coordination nanosheets are a new class of 2D materials that have applications in electronic devices, batteries, and catalytic systems.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 24, 2022 | 6:06 am

New catalyst can turn CO2 into gasoline 1,000 times more efficiently

Stanford University researchers developed a new catalyst that increases the production of long-chain hydrocarbons from captured CO2.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 22, 2022 | 5:05 am

Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries

Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 6:06 am

‘Endangered metals’ no longer needed to produce hydrogen from water

Japanese scientists found a way to use cobalt and manganese to produce hydrogen for fuel cells and agricultural fertilizers.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2022 | 5:05 am

Million-years-old minerals reveal new info on earth’s recycling mechanism for surface material

Ancient pieces of garnet, zircon and rutile found on the coast of Oman have given scientists a new understanding of subduction.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2022 | 6:06 am

Market interest in silicon, lithium-metal battery anodes only growing – report

The promise of higher energy density batteries is making a growing number of companies focus on silicon and lithium-metal anode materials, IDTechEx reports.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 13, 2022 | 6:16 am

High yields of rare earth elements recovered from mine, e-waste

Valuable rare earth elements have been recovered from waste at yields high enough to resolve issues for manufacturers while boosting their profits.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2022 | 6:06 am

Researchers develop ICP-coring system for deep mining

A new coring system has the potential to obtain and test "living" samples from the deep earth.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 10, 2022 | 6:06 am

CATL, LG, Panasonic deployed record GWh of passenger EV battery capacity in 2021

Adamas Intelligence reports that 2021 saw a record 286.2 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity deployed onto roads globally.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 9, 2022 | 6:06 am

Research shows risk aversion determines coal contracting behavior of US power plants

New research shows that coal power plants respond to regulatory practices by taking costly actions to reduce the variance of their input costs.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 8, 2022 | 6:06 am

Financial spillover effect more intense between gold, silver

Researchers analyzed the portfolio risk characteristics and spillovers of precious metals commodities and equity markets across continents.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 7, 2022 | 5:10 am

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