April 12, 2021

How to succeed when investing in junior gold explorers

Investments related to juniors are high risk as they are new in the market and don’t yet have a proven asset base, but success is possible.

April 12, 2021

Giant copper mines start to get serious about green hydrogen

An Anglo American Plc pilot project has been supplying the clean gas to a forklift at a waste facility in Chile for the past two months.

April 12, 2021

Implantable gold sensor can help monitor vital values, drug effectiveness

An implantable sensor based on color-stable gold nanoparticles is now capable of monitoring the human body for months.

April 11, 2021

Mineral-eating intraterrestrial bacteria may give clues on extraterrestrial life

These bacteria, which spread out and form biofilms, are being tested at a former gold mine in South Dakota.

April 9, 2021

FLSmidth joins responsible copper production framework

The Danish firm is now a partner at the Copper Mark Assurance Framework.

April 8, 2021

Volvo, SSAB plan first fossil-free steel trucks on road to carbon neutrality

Volvo plans to start production this year of prototype vehicles and components from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen produced from renewable energy.

April 7, 2021

Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has updated its tailings standards and it now meets or exceeds most global guidelines.

April 5, 2021

Raw materials from EV battery recycling have smaller carbon footprint – study

Finnish researchers used simulation-based life-cycle to account for emissions and energy and water consumption in the recycling process.

April 4, 2021

Copper may be the key to turn CO2 into fuel

Germany-based researchers optimized copper catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide into chemicals or fuels.

April 1, 2021

How the US top coal-producing state is moving to net-zero emissions

With 16 active mines, Wyoming accounts for almost 40% of US coal production.