May 15, 2024

Gold-infused sensor effectively detects presence of fentanyl

A new sensor that relies on carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles can detect even small amounts of fentanyl.

May 14, 2024

CIM: Responsible mining and resource management from a 12-year old’s perspective

Sixth-grade student captured an audience of CEOs at the CIM conference in Vancouver.

May 10, 2024

Op-Ed: British Columbia celebrates Mining Month in May 2024

Milestones in 2024 two are major mines starting or resuming operations: Premier Gold, near Stewart, and Blackwater Gold, southwest of Prince George.

May 10, 2024

UK students to use AI, robotics to develop nuclear decommissioning solutions

UK students are being challenged with developing a small robot capable of transporting nuclear waste.

May 8, 2024

Critical minerals and the global supply chain: Challenges and opportunities

One of the current difficulties with the global supply chain for critical minerals is that too few countries produce most of them.

May 7, 2024

US Strategic Metals, Missouri University partner on precursor cathode material research

Currently, most of the pCAM in the world is produced outside the United States.

May 6, 2024

New method efficiently recovers phosphorus from sewage sludge

Volatilization seems to be a promising approach for recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge.

May 3, 2024

Ever heard of strange metals? This is how to make them

MIT physicists discovered a new way to make a state of matter known as a strange metal.

April 23, 2024

Rio Tinto donates $875,000 to Missouri University to research critical minerals recovery from waste

Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from waste materials.

April 17, 2024

MSHA issues final rule to better protect miners from silica dust exposure

The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure.