September 13, 2021

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

September 13, 2021

New type of catalyst may help protect supply of precious metals – study

Researchers high demand for catalysts means that global supplies of gold, platinum and palladium are become rapidly depleted

September 10, 2021

Novel type of graphene proposed for high-performance sodium batteries

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology say that Janus graphene - named after the Roman god of new beginnings - can open new doors to high-capacity sodium-ion batteries.

September 9, 2021

American Lithium upgrades TLC mineralization through gravity concentration testing

Latest testing has retained as much as 88% of the lithium in 60% of the original mass.

September 8, 2021

Over 1,000 of Teck’s germ-killing copper patches installed on BC college campus

Results from an industry-first trial in 2020 showed that copper is effective at killing up to 99.9% of bacteria on high-touch transit surfaces.

September 8, 2021

De Beers latest sale shows steady rebound in diamond market

The world’s top producer by value sold $515 million worth of rough diamonds, the largest figure for this time of year since 2016.

September 8, 2021

BHP inks exploration deal with Gates and Bezos-backed KoBold Metals

The world’s largest miner will use artificial intelligence tools developed by KoBold, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires.

September 7, 2021

New research to bring fibre optic technology to Australian mining sector

Project will seek to produce data to reduce the cost of geophysical characterisation of the subsurface and develop a safer resource extraction process.

September 7, 2021

Nornickel tests extraction of metals from waste after flooding hit output

About 200 tonnes of nickel, 50 tonnes of copper, 80 kg of platinum group metals, 2 kg of gold and 44 kg of silver were extracted last month from low-nickel…

September 7, 2021

Australia’s biggest silver mine in two decades taps solar boom

Silver Mines’s Bowdens project in New South Wales is set to start operations in 2023 and will have an initial output target of 6 million ounces a year.