October 14, 2021

Epiroc wins large mining equipment order in Turkey

Eti Bakir, Turkey’s largest mining company, has ordered a variety of drill rigs, mine trucks and loaders.

October 14, 2021

Minerva’s Intelligence Driver software wins Axora Technology Challenge

The competition was launched to discover new digital solutions for the metals and mining industries and promised to identify the solution that would best deliver rapid benefits, including full payback,…

October 14, 2021

Market value of on-road fuel cell vehicles to grow to $160bn by 2042 — report

A report by IDTechEx states that major automotive markets are planning for the significant deployment of fuel cell vehicles.

October 13, 2021

Volvo unveils world’s first fossil-free steel vehicle

The machine, a load carrier for use in mining and quarrying, was unveiled at a green steel collaboration event.

October 13, 2021

Silver-infused bacteria make fuel cells more efficient

Microbial fuel cells utilize natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents.

October 13, 2021

Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony Resources

The New Caledonian miner will provide the US carmaker with about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce batteries that power its EVs.

October 12, 2021

Breakthrough for Rio Tinto’s smelter hydropower project in British Columbia

The tunnel boring machine cut 7.6 kilometres through the rock in remote mountains over 30 months, completing the route for a 16 kilometre tunnel that was started in the early…

October 12, 2021

Barrick installs first PhotonAssay lab at Bulyanhulu gold mine

The Bulyanhulu mine is on track to produced between 170,000 and 200,000 oz of gold this year.

October 12, 2021

Ivanhoe’s DRC copper mine to double production ahead of schedule

Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant, which will double copper output, to start operations a quarter earlier.

October 11, 2021

Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids

Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on Earth.