November 22, 2024 Silicon metal tapped to replace graphite in electric vehicle battery anodes Silicon can hold 10 times as many lithium ions by weight as graphite, but developing the battery technology to scale sustainably has met its share of challenges.
November 22, 2024 Northvolt CEO steps down after bankruptcy filing Peter Carlsson, co-founder and leader of Northvolt since 2016, will remain as advisor as he quit a day after the firm filed for bankruptcy.
November 21, 2024 Earth AI, Legacy Minerals make first greenfield palladium discovery using artificial intelligence The companies announced the verified discovery of one of the largest palladium mineral systems in Australia.
November 21, 2024 UK gov’t finds Glencore fell short of business guidelines in Chad Case centres on a 2018 toxic spill at the Badila oilfield, equivalent in volume to 34 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
November 20, 2024 NEO Battery Materials soars on consortium partnership in South Korea Over the next five years, the South Korean government is expected to invest C$20 million towards the project.
November 19, 2024 Calgary researcher wins Mitacs Innovation Award for tailings dam monitoring technology Dr. Susanne Ouellet’s ideas are based in part on her discovery about landslides, where she used DAS to reveal previously unknown slope failure mechanisms.
November 19, 2024 Graphjet opens world’s first commercial-scale green graphite facility in Malaysia The new facility has the capacity to recycle up to 9,000 tonnes of palm kernel shells annually, producing up to 3,000 tonnes of graphite per year.
November 19, 2024 BQE Water to mitigate impacts of Eagle Gold spill BQE's scope includes recommendations for updates to the existing water management infrastructure.
November 19, 2024 Glencore strikes deal to test copper technology at Chilean mine Glencore’s Lomas Bayas mine agreed to begin on-site testing at scale of a leaching process developed by Ceibo.
November 19, 2024 BHP to spend up to $14 billion on Chilean copper expansion BHP plans to invest $7.3 billion to $9.8 billion in new projects at its Escondida mine alone, starting in 2028.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
