April 28, 2023

Researchers push for using microbes to recover minerals, store carbon from mine tailings

A new technique uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.

April 28, 2023

Chile’s state miner seeks $1.5 billion from lithium partner

Enami has the rights to five lithium deposits in the Siete Salares area, with a collective net asset value estimated in $2.5 billion. 

April 27, 2023

Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out

China invested $79 billion in coal production last year, according to the IEA, while the rest of the world combined spent $37 billion.

April 27, 2023

NASA’s mineral mapping instrument goes into retirement

NASA’s Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars produced maps that make it easy to tie mineral deposits observed in high-resolution images to regional scale trends.

April 27, 2023

Glencore says takeover bid for Teck stands after spinoff fails

Glencore reiterated its intention to buy Teck and even bid more, raising pressure on the Canadian miner to sit down at the negotiating table.

April 26, 2023

Flexible gold sensor may become game-changer for body glucose monitoring

Gold offers a new route toward miniaturized, flexible, implanted medical devices to diagnose and treat chronic diseases.

April 25, 2023

Finland’s Fortum begins battery material recovery from EV ‘black mass’

Black mass is the shredded material that comes from used batteries, which can include lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

April 24, 2023

Chile’s lithium nationalization shines light on emerging tech

DLE technologies are designed to extract the metal using filters, membranes, ceramic beads or other equipment.

April 24, 2023

US-based researchers develop efficient process to transform scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts

A new process reduces more than 50% of the embodied energy and more than 90% of the CO2 emissions used for transforming scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts.

April 21, 2023

Lundin Mining CEO eyes Chile exploration, growth after big M&A bet

The company is setting targets for its new Caserones mine and waiting to expand its existing Candelaria mine.