October 13, 2023

Chilean startup raises $10 million for video game-inspired mining software

TIMining provides data analytics and real-time simulation to boost productivity and safety at about 50 mines, including some owned by BHP, Anglo American and Codelco.

October 13, 2023

Rock weathering does not act as CO2 sink – study

Recent research has overturned the view that natural rock weathering acts as a CO2 sink, indicating instead that this can also act as a large carbon dioxide source.

October 12, 2023

Rio Tinto builds solar power plant at Kennecott copper operation in Utah

The 12,800 solar panel power plant will enable Kennecott to reduce its operational emissions by 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

October 12, 2023

Researchers monitor emissions from Africa’s Copperbelt mines from space

Using satellite data, researchers were able to quantify emissions from individual mines in Africa's Copperbelt.

October 10, 2023

Caterpillar validates Rajant wireless solution with Cat MineStar Command for hauling

After extensive testing, Caterpillar Inc. has completed the in house validation of Rajant BreadCrumbs, LX5 CA radios, which will enable field trials […]

October 6, 2023

Nickel foam may enhance the performance of lithium-sulphur batteries

Lithium-sulphur batteries are identified as a promising energy storage system because of their ultrahigh energy density and large theoretical capacity.

October 4, 2023

Sandvik Mobile Crushing and Screening launch fully electric heavy jaw crusher

The Sandvik UJ443E is built upon a new ‘fully electric’ track platform.

October 3, 2023

Metso acquires Tedd Engineering to strengthen aggregates digital and automation capabilities

Tedd Engineering employs approximately 70 employees and is based in Chesterfield.

October 3, 2023

Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel waste in Brazil

Vale will provide up to 50,000 tonnes per year of refinery slag from Onça Puma to BluestOne for the next 10 years. 

October 3, 2023

Once sequestered, CO2 can be turned into methane

By wresting the carbon from CO2 sequestered through carbon capture technologies and affixing it to hydrogen atoms, it is possible to form methane.