Transition Metal scales up microbial copper recovery
Say bacteria, most people think infection. Or yogurts. But a San Francisco-based startup is using microbes to get at something the world is hungry for: copper. Transition Biomining, now rebranded…
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Chile funds lithium, rare earth tech
Chile’s state-owned development agency Corfo has awarded up to $5.8 million to two research projects focused on direct lithium extraction (DLE) and rare earth recovery to boost mining innovation and…
Facebook parent, Sprott power nuclear revival
Facebook parent Meta signed deals this week with three U.S. utilities to buy enough electricity to power 6 million homes by 2035 – another tailwind for nuclear energy demand and…
Innovation slump drags mining productivity down: report
Mining productivity has fallen for more than a decade and has improved only 1% a year since 2018, a trend McKinsey & Company warns could threaten the sector’s ability to…
Rio Tinto’s Nuton makes first copper cathode at Gunnison mine
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) venture partner Nuton has produced the first copper using new technology at Gunnison Copper’s (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) Johnson Camp Mine (JCM) in Arizona….
London Symposium: Atlantic Canada preps for green energy transition
Canada’s Atlantic provinces are gearing up for the critical minerals push by aligning policies with the speed of industry and tapping into green energy. Due to their relatively small populations,…
JV Article: Sandvik’s underground revival at Cadomin
With equipment mobilization now underway and development contracts awarded, the Cadomin project is advancing underground limestone mining in Alberta – not by returning to old methods but by pushing forward…
Podcast: How AI can streamline exploration, ft. Syntax’s Michelle Smith
This week’s episode features Michelle Smith, Vice President of the Global Mining Practice at Syntax, in discussion with host Adrian Pocobelli. Smith explains how exploration companies are using AI to…
Interactive: Global uranium demand
While nations need reliable, low-carbon energy to meet rising demand and reach climate goals, nuclear power is staging a powerful comeback. This infographic surveys the global nuclear energy…
JV Article: Slipcoat carryback solution can increase mining truck haulage efficiency by 35% – study
Canada-headquartered global supplier Slipcoat International Corp. has introduced to the mining industry its proven effective industrial non-stick solution for the reduction or near elimination of carryback, with its namesake non-stick…
JV Q&A: How Seequent eases mining’s new complexity
Mining faces an intriguing set of new supply and demand curves, from copper shortages driven by AI data centres to the nuclear comeback lifting uranium’s prospects. Staying ahead now means…
Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…