February 18, 2024

French recycling plant on fire housing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries

The fire broke out on Saturday in a warehouse owned by French recycling group SNAM in Viviez, north of Toulouse.

February 18, 2024

SSR Mining SVP is latest company figure detained over mine disaster

Turkey's energy minister says hundreds of search and rescue personnel are still looking for the missing workers.

February 17, 2024

Turkey cancels SSR gold environmental permits after accident

The move came days after an incident that dislodged 10 million cubic meters of earth across a 200-meter slope.

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.

February 15, 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater, Heraeus team up to save palladium

The miners will explore new uses for PGMs, particularly palladium, in the hydrogen market amid weak demand for the metal.

February 14, 2024

Tiny diamond-tin-filled device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet

Device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge could allow the quick, efficient flow of quantum information over large distances.

February 14, 2024

Column: LME back in the dock, this time over ‘dirty metals’

The metal in question is copper produced at the giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

February 14, 2024

Four in custody over SSR gold mine landslide in Turkey

Police and military teams, mine rescuers and volunteers, totalling more than 1,700 people, are looking for the missing workers.

February 13, 2024

IEA to launch security program for minerals critical to energy sector

The IEA's move comes as countries escalate efforts to cut emissions.

February 13, 2024

How to produce green steel from aluminum’s red mud

Researchers have shown that green steel can be produced from aluminium production waste in a relatively simple way.