April 22, 2024

ABB, Boliden and Epiroc create first battery-electric trolley underground truck system

The achievement in Boliden’s Kristineberg mine marks a critical moment for the mining industry.

April 22, 2024

Sandvik’s Q1 core profit falls more than expected

Operating profit before amortization and items affecting comparability was 5.28 billion crowns, versus 6.12 billion a year earlier.

April 22, 2024

BHP aims to receive first ammonia-fuelled bulk carrier in 2026

BHP also plans to use bio-blended fuels for bunkering regularly to meet Europe's shipping emissions requirements.

April 22, 2024

Ever heard of goldene?

Sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick create a new material called goldene.

April 22, 2024

Adriatic Metals takes over as operator of Bosnian silver mine

The Rupice deposit is part of Adriatic's recently opened Vares silver mine, the first operation to open in Europe in over a decade.

April 21, 2024

New process recovers five times more lithium from waste than existing technology

Scientists discovered that aluminum hydroxide can adsorb five times more lithium than can be collected using previously developed adsorbent materials.

April 18, 2024

Hypervine launches unlimited space surveys for mining

The service is built through its partnership with the European Space Agency.

April 18, 2024

NioCorp eyes rare earth magnet recycling

Research will focus on creating a process to convert used neodymium-iron-boron magnets into rare earth oxides for new magnet production.

April 18, 2024

Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has built an EV battery colossus

Last month, Redwood Materials flipped the switch on its first commercial-scale line producing a fine black powder essential to electric vehicle batteries.

April 17, 2024

MSHA issues final rule to better protect miners from silica dust exposure

The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure.