January 13, 2023

Toughest material on earth now a reality

Scientists measured the highest toughness ever recorded of any material, in a chromium, cobalt, and nickel alloy.

January 12, 2023

Superdeep diamond reveals new info on earth’s geological processes

A superdeep diamond recovered in Guinea has become the messenger of new information on plate tectonics.

January 8, 2023

Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite

A team at Ohio University carried out a series of simulations showing how coal can be converted to valuable—and carbon-neutral—materials.

January 6, 2023

The View from England: When copper production was dominated by the Welsh

The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining giant, but it used to have a dominant role in the global industry.

January 5, 2023

Carbon-capture plants also have harmful emissions — but there is a solution

A group of scientists has come up with a machine-learning solution for forecasting amine emissions from carbon-capture plants using experimental data.

January 4, 2023

Why mining is essential to the energy transition and global prosperity

Imagine a world without mining. Many people do.

January 3, 2023

University of Oulu gets €1.6 million funding to expedite emission-free steel industry

The Advanced Steels for a Green Planet project funded by the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation begins in January.

January 3, 2023

Mining’s biggest future challenges will be meeting sustainability expectations – and adapting to the metaverse

The mining industry’s biggest challenge will be to adapt to changes and to meet the demands of a highly sophisticated and virtualized society, writes the winner of the 2022 Northern…

December 30, 2022

New Year’s resolutions for miners – 2023

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner looks forward at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

December 30, 2022

Scientists working towards stopping lithium-ion battery degradation

Researchers want to move towards designing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.