December 28, 2021

Chilean researchers want to turn copper tailings into construction materials

Besides limiting the accumulation of tailings in the environment, the process drastically cuts the almost one tonne of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere per tonne of cement produced…

December 27, 2021

Bacteria may have played big role in the formation of massive silver, gold deposits

Scientists at Penn State University and the University of Saskatchewan found silver in coprolites collected from the Ravens Throat River Lagerstätte in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

December 26, 2021

Researchers link cobalt mining in the DRC to violence, substance abuse, food-water insecurity

An interdisciplinary group of researchers is calling for more data on how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods.

December 24, 2021

The View from England: On the rocks

Whisky’s ability, like those of a mining engineer, is to make the earth move.

December 23, 2021

New industrial WiFi system to bring 6G technologies to remote, underground mines

University of Sydney researchers are developing an industrial long-range WiFi system that transmits signals to hard-to-reach places while maintaining high data rates. 

December 22, 2021

ALROSA names diamond after folklore heroine to honor indigenous culture

Kyndykan was a young girl who was miraculously found alive 200 years ago by Yakut hunters near the Verkhoyansk Mountains in an ancestral settlement completely wiped out by smallpox.

December 21, 2021

Enabling developing countries to become self-sustaining will power the global circular carbon economy of the future

The Future Minerals Summit will gather mining investors and government stakeholders to discuss opportunities and the future of the industry.

December 20, 2021

Pure copper ingots unlock secrets of Iron Age trade routes

Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots unlocked secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how Indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned 2,600 years ago.

December 17, 2021

First kilo of blockchain tracked gold shipped from Burkina Faso on Minexx platform

Burkina Faso produces 34 tonnes of artisanal gold per year, but only 300kg was formally exported in 2019 due to a lack of traceability and lower export taxes in neighbouring…

December 17, 2021

Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads

Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels.