February 28, 2024

New technique helps recover more copper, zinc, lead from slag

A sulfurization-reduction approach facilitates the efficient extraction of metals from slag.

February 27, 2024

BatMan project uses lasers to optimize EV batteries

A new laser patterning process to alter the microstructure of battery electrode materials has the potential to unlock significant improvements to electrified transportation.

February 26, 2024

Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia

Proponents predict AI will be indispensable to help the industry ramp up the supply of battery metals for the global energy transition to fight climate change.

February 26, 2024

Scientists develop non-flammable electrolyte for lithium-metal batteries

Using computational science, researchers have developed a fluorine-substituted high-voltage stable chloride-based solid-state electrolyte.

February 23, 2024

Zijin to expand Tibet copper mine expected to be world’s largest

Approved project will increase Julong mine's capacity to 350,000 tonnes per day by 2025, making it China's largest single copper mine.

February 21, 2024

Australia’s Orica seals $640m deal to buy US chemical firm Cyanco

Cyanco produces NaCN, a specialized chemical required for gold processing, at its Nevada and Texas plants in the US.

February 21, 2024

SQM makes $9.4m follow-on investment in UK battery recycling firm

Since SQM's initial investment of $2.57 million last year, Altilium has hit a number of key development milestones.

February 20, 2024

Vale eyes more battery systems in its operations

Vale is looking at expanding the use of industrial batteries to power ports and mining sites.

February 17, 2024

Electrodialysis technology to extract lithium from thermal sources gets award

Researchers at Alma Energy and the University of Texas El Paso are working on a solution to extract usable lithium and generate energy from hydrothermal waters.

February 15, 2024

First commercial gravity storage for energy planned in Finnish mine

Gravitricity has chosen the former Pyhäjärvi mine, Europe’s deepest copper-zinc mine, to deploy its technology.