March 22, 2023

Cirba Solutions to pour $300m into South Carolina battery recycling plant

The plant will produce materials to power over 500,000 batteries every year, the company said.

March 21, 2023

Electric vehicle battery makers test a future without lithium

Sodium-ion has the potential to complement lithium-ion cells and help fill gaps in the global market.

March 21, 2023

Copper boosted development of most important trade hub of Late Bronze Age

Copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age.

March 20, 2023

How silicon, gold, copper help destroy covid-19 virus

Silicon, gold and copper, as well as electric fields, can be used to destroy the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2.

March 17, 2023

Caterpillar introduces new compact energy storage system

Solution provides opportunities for more efficient power use, reduced fuel costs, lower worksite noise and potential emissions reductions.

March 17, 2023

Ivanhoe’s electro-pulse technology may expand Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona

Ivanhoe used Typhoon to identify the Texaco Ridge target as well as several others

March 17, 2023

Hydrogen-based thermal power produced using aluminum scrap

Found Energy produced 20 kW of continuous, hydrogen-based thermal power using 1 kilogram of hard-to-recycle aluminum scrap.

March 16, 2023

Elon Musk’s Starlink linked to illegal mining in Brazil

Over the past five weeks, Brazil's environment agency has seized seven Starlink terminals on Yanomami land.

March 16, 2023

Norcat launches Canada-wide mining technology innovation competition

Applicants are asked to submit their proof-of-concept ideas by April 4.

March 15, 2023

Sandvik introduces industry’s first ‘opt-out’ carbide recycling

The initiative aims to transform the use of a material expected to run out within 40 to 100 years if consumption rates continue unabated.