January 5, 2021 Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046 The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.
January 4, 2021 Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics Strained diamonds may be prime candidates for advanced functional devices in microelectronics.
January 3, 2021 MINING.COM’s top science & technology stories of 2020 From a nano-diamond battery that lasts for 28,000 years to advances into mining the Moon.
January 3, 2021 Sample recovered 220 years ago turns out to be new mineral The new mineral has been named kernowite.
December 31, 2020 B2Gold Masbate Mine increased mill uptime with unique lining design and improved throughput by 33% At the B2Gold Masbate Mine in the Philippines, grinding efficiency is the top priority.
December 29, 2020 Metso Outotec to deliver processing technology to Russia copper concentrator The customer and the contract value are not disclosed.
December 29, 2020 Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells A team in the US designed a highly active catalyst for fuel cells that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon instead of platinum.
December 28, 2020 World Economic Forum tests blockchain for tracking carbon emissions The COT is focusing on tracing carbon emission in the copper value chain and tracks GHG emissions from the mine to the smelter.
December 28, 2020 Metso Outotec sells aluminum business The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.
December 28, 2020 Diamonds may power electrical grid, EVs more efficiently US-based researchers propose the idea of using diamonds as ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
