December 14, 2023

Rare earth mining growing in both China, Myanmar bordering regions 

Rare earth mining hasn’t decreased on China’s border with Myanmar despite government policy.

December 13, 2023

ICMM publishes guidance on Scope 3 emissions target setting

Scope 3 emissions are a critical area of focus for the mining and metals industry, representing up to 95% of a company’s total emissions.

December 13, 2023

Manganese may pave the way for inclusion of organic light-emitting diodes in consumer electronics

Manganese was the key ingredient in developing white and green organic light-emitting diodes displaying record high efficiency.

December 12, 2023

Komatsu, GM to co-develop hydrogen fuel cells for electric trucks

The two have created a joint venture to co-develop a hydrogen fuel cell power module for the 930E electric drive mining truck.

December 12, 2023

Jubilee Metals forms Zambian copper recovery venture with UAE’s IRH

Jubilee said it had secured IRH's investment to process an estimated 350 million metric tons of copper waste rock.

December 12, 2023

Experts map likelihood, length of green energy droughts in the US

New research shows that compound energy droughts can last nearly a week in some parts of the United States.

December 11, 2023

Boart Longyear spins out geological data services division, Veracio

New company represents a graduation of AI sensor technology being developed for almost a decade and which has now reached commercial viability. 

December 10, 2023

Glencore deploys autonomous trucks at Lomas Bayas copper mine

Through its Lomas Lab, Glencore introduced four autonomous trucks at the Lomas Bayas copper mine in northern Chile.

December 10, 2023

Power plants can now (re)use wastewater from oil and gas extraction

Using two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water use.

December 8, 2023

Unstable electrolytes in lithium metal batteries now a bit more stable

Chinese researchers have developed functional micro-arrays for efficient lithium metal anode interfaces.