Metalysis is a Cambridge University spin-off company that was set up to commercialise new metal extraction technology. The technology called FFC, after the inventors, Fray, Farthing and Chen has the ...

Betolar has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and Australian company EcoGraf Limited in the Epanko graphite project in Tanzania. The aim of the ...

VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – A small Vancouver-based start-up company has created a new environment-friendly chemical process with the potential to disruptively transform metal extraction in the ...

Amid rising demand, miners are turning to biotech firms to help them squeeze more metal out of aging mines. In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is ...

Rare earth elements sit quietly inside smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines, yet they are notoriously difficult and dirty to produce. A new lab technique now promises to roughly double ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana – The production of rare earth metals is a global $4 billion annual market that continues to grow as new electronics, computerized engines for aircraft, warships, electric ...

Fairfield ‒ The first company in the United States to produce a mix of nickel and cobalt from metal scrap and electronics waste will begin production by year’s end on LeSaint Drive. Recycler Nth Cycle ...

Most gadget-owning people in the world today are unaware of the fact that there within their pockets, work bags, on the kitchen counter, is a device chock full of rare, highly valuable earth metals.

Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...