July 23, 2025

Lab-grown gems put squeeze on diamond mining industry

Cheap man-made diamonds are making life harder for miners, flooding the market with gems nearly indistinguishable from natural ones.

July 16, 2025

Aclara Resources, Stanford University partner on AI-powered rare earth research

Aclara opened in April its heavy rare earth pilot plant, which it will use to test the production of dysprosium and terbium from ionic clay extracted from its Carina project.

July 4, 2025

Researchers from Scotland and Canada partner to clean up contaminated mine water

They plan to develop a low-cost system combining microalgae and calcium silicate to remove and recover cobalt, nickel and copper for reuse.

June 27, 2025

Researchers develop sustainable method to extract gold from ore and electronic waste

The aim of the Flinders-led project was to provide alternative methods that are safer than mercury or cyanide in gold extraction and recovery.

June 11, 2025

“Good Samaritan” program may deliver where mine cleanup has stalled

There are over 500,000 abandoned mine features in the US, including exploratory shafts, tunnels, and waste piles.

June 6, 2025

Some miners “woefully unprepared” for cyberattacks, says ethical hacker

Cyber-attacks on mining companies are growing and costing the mining and energy industries millions of dollars.

June 3, 2025

Mount Etna erupts, unleashing lava – and possibly hidden minerals

The eruption is the most significant Mount Etna has had since 2014.

May 6, 2025

Biotech startup, researchers revive old tech to make low-carbon protein from coal

Cvictus recently received a $1.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to scale its technology.

May 5, 2025

Exploding neutron stars may have created gold, new study suggests

According to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, it is explosions of highly magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, that caused gold and other heavy metals to form in…

April 4, 2025

Breakthrough Cu-Ta-Li alloy could transform aerospace, defense applications, researchers say

US Army Research Laboratory developed nanostructured copper alloy with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength.