May 19, 2021 Canada has “right ingredients” to be EV battery leader Report shows that having most of the highly-demanded battery materials is not enough and outlines a set of immediate must-dos for Canada to get into the battery game.
May 17, 2021 Visualizing the size of mine tailings A renewable future will be mineral intensive and will inevitably produce more mining waste.
May 17, 2021 Scientists find new way to calculate diamonds’ age more accurately According to the scientists behind the study, this is a potential breakthrough not only in the study of diamonds but of planetary evolution.
May 16, 2021 From digging to electric fields: new technique to extract metals from hard rock ore An international group of scientists say digging may not be necessary for the mining industry of the future.
May 14, 2021 Vale set to receive first-ever wind-powered ore carrier The ship, a VLOC, or very-large ore carrier, will also be the largest ever to be outfitted by the rotating sails.
May 14, 2021 Ericsson to provide connectivity solution for sustainable mining project The Swedish telecom company will back the EU-funded Next-Generation Carbon-Neutral Pilots for Smart Intelligent Mining Systems project.
May 12, 2021 BHP, Vale, Rio Tinto launch challenge to encourage haul truck electrification The mining giants are joining forces in the Charge On Innovation Challenge to attract innovators to develop new concepts for large-scale haul truck electrification systems.
May 12, 2021 Metso Outotec wins another pelletizing plant order in China Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology on the delivery of environmentally sound pelletizing technology for Yunnan Yuxi Yukun Iron and Steel Group Co.
May 11, 2021 New technology aims for tailings monitoring from space The University of Nottingham, Terra Motion and Geospatial Insight are making a tailings dam motion monitor service available to miners.
May 10, 2021 Magnetic nanoparticles to be used to extract lithium from brines in the US The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is ready to field test a technology that uses magnetite to anchor an adsorbent shell that selectively binds lithium and other critical metals.
Silver Crown Royalties soars to new high on Gentile investment Michael Gentile, as co-founder of Montreal-based hedge fund Bastion Asset Management, is the largest shareholder in over 25 junior miners. January 13, 2026 | 10:54 am
