June 17, 2024

Japan, Chile boost ties in lithium extraction, supply

Japanese firms would have long-term preferential access to the battery metal in exchange for adding value and transferring skills. 

June 14, 2024

Asante Gold to up production at Bibiani with new plant

The sulphide recovery facility is crucial to Asante's ambitious plan to increase gold production at Bibiani to over 250,000 ounces per year.

June 13, 2024

Echion Technologies raises $35 million in investment capital

The series B round was led by battery and energy storage technology investor Volta Energy Technologies.

June 12, 2024

Inflection Resources uses space technology to search for copper in Australia’s Macquarie Arc

The initiative leverages the real-time Ambient Noise Tomography survey capabilities of Fleet Space’s mineral exploration technology on a large scale geophysical survey in New South Wales.

June 12, 2024

New aluminum, nickel superalloy promises 100% hydrogen combustion engines

Known as a ‘complex concentrated alloy,’ the new aluminum and nickel alloy targets high-temperature applications.

June 11, 2024

Sandvik electrifies its largest intelligent rotary blasthole drill

Ideal for iron ore and copper applications, Sandvik DR416iE can drill a hole diameter range of 270 to 406 millimeters.

June 10, 2024

Fruta del Norte mine adopts Micromine Pitram suite

Located in southeast Ecuador, Fruta del Norte is considered one of the highest-grade gold mines currently in production in the world.

June 10, 2024

Electra gets Canadian gov’t funding for critical minerals recycling project

The company is accelerating the next phase of its recycling project to demonstrate that its hydrometallurgical black mass process is scalable, profitable, and can be implemented at other locations.

June 10, 2024

Ditching noble metals improves efficiency of zinc-air batteries

A new metal-nitrogen-carbon catalyst for zinc-air batteries has proven to outperform noble metal catalysts.

June 6, 2024

Vale invests $340 million in Carajás Railway locomotive fleet improvement project

The miner closed a 10-year deal with Wabtec to optimize the maintenance services for its fleet in the Estrada de Ferro Carajás.