October 19, 2023 Quartz can help predict, manage wildfires The intensity of quartz luminescence is higher in sediments that have been exposed to wildfires.
October 17, 2023 Vale Institute of Technology, ICMBio to execute genetic sequencing of plants and animals in Brazil By the end of 2027, the GBB will produce 5,000 genomes of species from Brazilian biodiversity, with 80 species initially defined.
October 17, 2023 Ancient nickel-eating microbes can teach us valuable biomining techniques – study Methanogens are ancient life forms that still exist today. They power their metabolism by breaking down rocks and minerals.
October 16, 2023 Top miners, academics partner to seek new ways to discover sedimentary copper Kupferschiefer project aims to revisit archive geological data and reinterpret it using petroleum and mineral system approaches, creating maps of mineral prospective areas within the Central European Basin.
October 15, 2023 Limestone reveals the hidden lives of microbes Limestone uses may expand beyond the cement industry.
October 13, 2023 Rock weathering does not act as CO2 sink – study Recent research has overturned the view that natural rock weathering acts as a CO2 sink, indicating instead that this can also act as a large carbon dioxide source.
October 11, 2023 NASA to launch first mission to metal-rich asteroid Scientists believe the asteroid can help discoveries about Earth's core and those of other terrestrial planets.
October 11, 2023 “New” mineral discovered in abandoned gold mine dumps A newly discovered mineral, named kanatzidisite, was recently unearthed in mining dumps of the abandoned Nagybörzsöny gold deposit in Hungary.
October 10, 2023 How to turn mine tailings into healthy soil Researchers have developed a new method that is expected to save miners billions of dollars by minimizing the cost and risk of tailings storage.
October 9, 2023 Odds ‘n’ Sods: The isolation of field work can be lonely — and sobering Every geologist has experienced extreme isolation at some point. That crystalline moment when they realized that if anything happened to them right then and there, they may as well be…
Weir to acquire ESCO Elecmetal Fundición Limitada for $75 million Mining technology firm to acquire the remaining 50% share of its Chile-based joint venture. December 12, 2025 | 03:32 pm
