December 18, 2024

Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco

Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.

December 17, 2024

Oak Ridge National Laboratory tests new methods of turning coal into graphite

A preliminary techno-economic analysis has found that the new process could be less expensive than conventional methods of making graphite.

December 17, 2024

Rio Tinto, BHP, and BlueScope to build ‘green iron’ plant

Project could help reduce emissions by up to 80% if renewables and green hydrogen are used, the companies said.

December 14, 2024

Forensic technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade

Historically, gold is notoriously difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together, erasing the original signatures.

December 12, 2024

Mining sector cyberattacks linked to third-party supplier access in 76% of cases – report

Growing challenges cybersecurity leaders faced in 2024 were in safeguarding cyber-physical systems.

December 12, 2024

Talon Metals receives $2.47m funding for nickel extraction research

The research will focus on the company's Tamarack project, which comprises an underground nickel-copper mine in central Minnesota and a battery mineral processing facility in North Dakota.

December 11, 2024

Europe set to miss potential for battery material recycling

Europe could recycle enough battery materials to supply two million EVs in 2030, but energy costs and a lack of financial support mean it is unlikely to do so.

December 11, 2024

ICMM introduces new measures against diesel fume safety hazards at underground mines

To accelerate progress across the industry, ICMM has also published a new guide for reducing diesel particulate matter exposure underground.

December 11, 2024

Ontario pension backs $100m funding for tech firm spotting deposits from space

Private firm Fleet Space uses satellite technology, AI and real-time 3-D imaging to speed up critical mineral searches.

December 11, 2024

Glencore ties up with Cyclic Materials in copper recycling push

Canadian rare earth and metals recycler will supply at least 10 thousand metric tones of recycled copper to Glencore.