In a series of talks that took place within the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland, defenders of the circular economy highlighted the importance of including mining of rare earth metals into their discussions. Based on a research document focused on the Netherlands and prepared by consulting and venture building firm Metabolic, the experts agreed that ... Importance of rare earth metals mining makes it into COP24
MINEX Forum | December 11, 2018 In a series of talks that took place within the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland, defenders of the circular economy highlighted the importance of including mining of rare earth metals into their discussions. Based on a research document focused on the Netherlands and prepared by consulting and venture building firm Metabolic, the experts agreed that ... 
Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal in Germany have come up with a new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films. The new process produces a material capable of increasing the efficiency of solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Up till now, traditional chemical methods have not been able to produce ultra-thin and ... 
As the Earth spins into fall and the long shadows of September remind me it’s back to school for families and harvest season for farmers and orchardists, I realize that we are in the midst of two seemingly unstoppable trends: the warming of our planet and the electrification of our energy system, which for the ... 
X-ray technology enabling real-time analysis of gold ore samples Down Under Australian gold explorers have been given the world-first option to access X-ray technology to detect and analyse unseen gold, cutting turnaround times significantly. The photon assay technology was developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) over a period of 15 years, ... 
Scottish aerospace company the Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) has announced plans to launch the UK’s first asteroid mining operation, seeking an investment of £2.3m to build and launch a mining satellite by 2020. The vessel – known as Asteroid Prospecting Satellite One (ASP1) – will be capable of scanning 5,000 near-Earth asteroids to identify deposits ... 
The mine of the future is carbon-dioxide-free, digitalized and autonomous. To set a new world standard for sustainable mining at great depth, LKAB, Epiroc, ABB, Combitech and AB Volvo have joined forces in a partnership and are starting a unique testbed in the orefields of northern Sweden. The testbed, SUM, Sustainable Underground Mining, will be ... 
First new all-electric mine dumps diesel; cuts costs, pollution Hundreds of feet below thick boreal forest blanketing the Canadian Shield, a squad of near-silent, battery-powered machines are tunneling toward gold in a multimillion-dollar mining experiment to ditch diesel. Goldcorp Inc is building the world’s first new all-electric mine, a high-stakes gambit to replace noisy, fume-belching ... 
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame invented a new class of molecules whose shape and size enable them to capture and contain precious metal ions. In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the scientists explain that the method they have developed converts gold-containing ore into chloroauric acid and extracts ... 
Russian diamond mining company Severalmaz, a subsidiary of State-owned Alrosa, is testing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for mine surveying of land objects at Europe’s largest primary diamond deposit at Lomonosov. Preliminary results from the UAV testing, which involved a quadcopter and an aeroplane, indicate that mine surveying could be done faster, safer and at a ... 
Russian mining companies, working in the polar region, will adopt the Western counterparts’ experience in production’s automation, director for technical development at the Apatit Company (a part of PhosAgro), Alexander Kalugin, told a mining conference, organized during the Days of Finland in Murmansk. “Finland is far ahead of Russia in terms of production automation,” he ... 
Russian solar manufacturer and developer Hevel said on Monday it will build a 1-MW solar park in Russia’s Far East for domestic metals mining group Polymetal (MCX: POLY). The two companies have signed a contract that calls for Hevel to install the photovoltaic (PV) facility at one of Polymetal’s mining locations and thus lower diesel ... 
The Norilsk Nickel Company plans to make an unmanned aerial vehicle, which could move independently inside mines, the company’s representative Levon Kirakosyan told reporters at during an IT show. “We have tried using a drone under the ground without GPS communication, we have recorded test videos, and now we understand certain aspects of controlling a ...