August 5, 2021 Rio Tinto’s Holden mine remediation leads to land conservation in Washington State The Holden mine has been closed since the 1950’s. Rio Tinto assumed financial responsibility for remediation when it acquired Alcan.
August 5, 2021 Purified tin selenide may be ideal to convert waste heat into energy — study US and Korean researchers have developed the most efficient thermoelectric system on record.
August 4, 2021 Anglo American, Salzgitter to jointly advance green steel The partners intend to conduct research into feed materials to use in direct reduction (DR) steelmaking, based on natural gas and hydrogen.
August 4, 2021 Bacteria help extract rare earths from mine slag heaps French researchers will start extracting rare earths, cobalt, copper, and nickel from slag heaps in Finland and New Caledonia.
August 3, 2021 Manganese could help transform sunlight into energy more sustainably than iridium, ruthenium Researchers have produced luminescent manganese complexes for more sustainable materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other forms of energy.
July 31, 2021 Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.
July 30, 2021 State of the sector: Worker health, safety and equality in ASM — report While women make up a large percentage of the ASM workforce —they are largely invisible within the data.
July 28, 2021 New technology closer to reaching superhot geothermal energy sources Progress is being made toward the holy grail of geothermal energy, according to experts gathered at the PIVOT21 Conference.
July 27, 2021 UNESCO names Romanian ancient gold mine settlement a world heritage site Gabriel Resources, which had planned to build Europe's largest open cast gold mine in Rosia Montana, is currently seeking $4.4 billion in damages from Romania for losses related to its…
July 26, 2021 Traditional Dene ceremony marks first production at Nechalacho rare earth mine Canada's first rare earth mine is in production, and it is the first time an Indigenous business – the Det’on Cho Corporation – is extracting mineral resources from their traditional…
Chinese court sentences 27 people for smuggling antimony ingots The case involved the smuggling of more than 166 metric tons of antimony, of which Chinese customs seized more than 96 tons. December 16, 2025 | 07:22 am
