December 29, 2020

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

A team in the US designed a highly active catalyst for fuel cells that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon instead of platinum.

December 28, 2020

US Gold Corp’s shares up on Wyoming project drill results

CK Gold project is an advanced stage gold and copper exploration and development project located near Cheyenne.

December 28, 2020

Major milestone for Mason Graphite at Lac Gueret

Testing of lithium-ion batteries containing graphite has reached a key milestone for potential electric vehicle application.

December 28, 2020

World Economic Forum tests blockchain for tracking carbon emissions

The COT is focusing on tracing carbon emission in the copper value chain and tracks GHG emissions from the mine to the smelter.

December 28, 2020

Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador

Curimining is developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Canada’s Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources.

December 28, 2020

Metso Outotec sells aluminum business

The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.

December 28, 2020

Diamonds may power electrical grid, EVs more efficiently

US-based researchers propose the idea of using diamonds as ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.

December 27, 2020

Worker at Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s North tests positive for covid-19

Dominion Diamond Mines said contact tracing has been performed and no one else is at risk.

December 27, 2020

Spanish cities oppose exploration at Emerita project

Paymogo and Puebla de Guzmán said that exploration is forbidden in La Romanera, part of the company’s Iberian Belt West polymetallic project.

December 27, 2020

Scientists propose new evolutionary system of mineral classification

Researchers say the current IMA classification system doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of Earth's minerals.