January 19, 2023 Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals and Boliden select glycine leaching technology to manage tailings Czech company's technology selected to be part of waste-to-value challenge.
January 19, 2023 World’s first battery passport proof of concept launched at WEF Prototype battery passports include data from Audi and Tesla relating to technical specifications, material provenance, and reporting against key sustainability performance indicators.
January 18, 2023 New solution aims to effectively monitor tailings facilities from space Satellites, earth observation and ground sensors have been combined into one solution for monitoring tailings facilities.
January 17, 2023 BASF, Eramet to finalize $2.6bn partnership on Indonesia nickel smelter The partnership would build a hydro-metallurgical complex with an output capacity of 67,000 tonnes of nickel and 7,500 tonnes of cobalt per year.
January 16, 2023 Excelsior to collaborate with Rio Tinto copper tech venture at Johnson Camp project in Arizona The first stage of the collaboration involves Nuton completing certain test work on materials collected from the Johnson Camp mine project.
January 13, 2023 Rio Tinto trials renewable diesel at US operations Company is conducting trials at its Kennecott copper operations in Salt Lake City.
January 13, 2023 Toughest material on earth now a reality Scientists measured the highest toughness ever recorded of any material, in a chromium, cobalt, and nickel alloy.
January 12, 2023 Europe’s largest rare earths deposit found in Sweden The discovery by Swedish state-owned miner LKAB could help the continent break away from China’s dominance in the sector.
January 12, 2023 Superdeep diamond reveals new info on earth’s geological processes A superdeep diamond recovered in Guinea has become the messenger of new information on plate tectonics.
January 12, 2023 Robbers pull off multimillion-dollar copper heist in Chilean port It is the largest copper theft since a spate of gangster heists in northern Chile last October forced the government to tighten security on trains carrying copper cathodes.
Taylor Swift’s vintage ring shines new light on diamond industry Dealers say her ring has drawn renewed interest in antique stones, prized for what lab-grown diamonds lack: scarcity and story. January 13, 2026 | 10:28 am
