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.
December 27, 2020 Scientists propose new evolutionary system of mineral classification Researchers say the current IMA classification system doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of Earth's minerals.
December 24, 2020 Boliden keeps improving uptime with new mill lining solutions If the reline can be done faster, the whole maintenance shutdown will be faster.
ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations Operations of the private, Luxembourg-headquartered miner in Kazakhstan represent more than one-third of the country’s metals and mining industry. January 23, 2026 | 09:36 am
