May 12, 2023 How earth’s early critters transformed the planet’s crust The diversification of life on earth, which took place 500 million years ago, led to a drastic change in the chemistry of the planet’s uppermost layer.
May 11, 2023 Missouri start-up gets $200,000 grant to accelerate US autonomous railcar technology Initial applications of its technology include captive routes between mines and processing facilities, as well as intra-plant and ports.
May 10, 2023 Allkem, Livent merge to create world’s third largest lithium miner The all-share business combination creates a giant lithium firm with forecasted production capacity of 248,000 tonnes of LCE a year.
May 9, 2023 Metso awarded major concentrator plant equipment order for Zijin Mining’s copper project in China The value of the order is approximately €85 million.
May 9, 2023 Vale and France’s GravitHy sign carbon neutral steel study The agreement will focus on studies to build a factory to produce briquettes from Vale's high-grade iron ore through direct reduction.
May 8, 2023 Tesla breaks ground on massive Texas lithium refinery The move will make Tesla the only major automaker in North America that will refine its own lithium.
May 8, 2023 Metso Outotec changes name, receives $18 million order The board of directors approved a proposal to change the company name to Metso Corporation.
May 8, 2023 Silver nanoparticles may become key ingredient of emission-free power New approach to building thermoelectric modules allows for converting the energy they produce into emission-free power.
May 8, 2023 US to speed up South32’s Hermosa manganese-zinc project The Arizona-based project is the first mining asset added to the FAST-41 process, which speeds up development of clean energy and other infrastructure.
May 7, 2023 Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more efficiently than similar devices.
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