March 8, 2021

MacLean launches industry-first battery electric shotcrete sprayer

The ss5 and TM3 offer the mining industry a solution tailored to the application and to the underground environment.

March 8, 2021

Gold, silver demonstrate viability of new process for building ultralight materials

Nanometer-sized metal struts that form nested networks on separate hierarchical levels demonstrated to provide great strength while remaining ultralight.

March 7, 2021

Anti-dumping investigation could lead to higher costs for European steelmakers – report

Europe-based graphite electrode producers lodged a complaint before the EC alleging that imports of certain Chinese products were being dumped.

March 7, 2021

Rare earth unlocks key reaction in copper, gold, silver, uranium mineralization

The new finding on the role of cerium came out of the ‘Olympic Dam in a test tube’ project.

March 4, 2021

Seafloor miner DeepGreen plans listing through SPAC merger

Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp will combine with DeepGreen in a $2.9bn deal.

March 4, 2021

Cyanide monitoring technology gets big funding in the US

CyanoGuard is a digital platform that enables rapid toxin detection and allows gold miners to reduce cyanide use by 15-20%.

March 3, 2021

Miners, OEMs launch Electric Mine Consortium

The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates mine.

March 2, 2021

Epiroc announces new approach for North American underground mining market

To drive the new strategy, Epiroc created the position of underground business manager for North America.

February 28, 2021

New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks

The ICLED-based sensor is able to detect methane concentrations as low as 0.1 parts per million.

February 23, 2021

Graphene could be used to recover gold, silver from tailings

Sparc Technologies says its tailings treatment technology demonstrates significant recovery of precious metals.