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  • Infographic tracing minerals from mine to recycling.

    Talon, Circulor partner on tracing nickel

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    Talon plans to use Circulor's solution to trace the responsibly produced nickel and other critical minerals it mines and processes in the U.S. Poor worker safety, environmental impacts, and human rights violations at Chinese-run nickel mines and refineries in Indonesia have been the subject of a great deal of negative media attention, driving battery manufacturers and electric vehicle makers to seek out stronger assurances of environmental, social and governance (ESG) complian...

  • A close-up image of lumps of coal.

    DOE invests more in coal-derived REEs

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    Funding to support additional research in extracting rare earth elements from coal byproducts, enhancing sustainability and domestic supply. As part of ongoing efforts to bolster domestic supplies of critical minerals, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has announced an additional $10 million investment aimed at lowering costs and reducing the environmental impact of producing rare earth elements and other critical minerals from coal...

  • Greenish yellow crystals intermingled with fractured, red-stained rock.

    Surprising pure sulfur discovery on Mars

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    Curiosity rover cracks open a rock with yellow sulfur crystals, an unexpected find that poses new questions for earthbound scientists. While exploring a region of the Martian landscape that has all the telltale signs of ancient floods and landslides that occurred when Mars' climate was much more like Earth than the frozen desert it is today, NASA's Curiosity made a surprising discovery – the first ever pure sulfur ever discovered on the Red Planet. This Martian minerals d...

  • A seismogram being made by a seismograph.

    Earthquake exposes global mineral risks

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    USGS study brings to light seismic risks to mineral supplies, as powerful earthquake hits Chile's copper and lithium region. On the same day that the United States Geological Survey released a study warning of seismic risks to global mineral supplies, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Chile's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine. This confirms the vulnerability of these resources to earthquakes, emphasizing the potential for significant supply chain...

  • Rendering of STLA Large platform with electric architecture.

    Stellantis and Westwater graphite offtake

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 13, 2024

    Westwater will deliver graphite anode material to Fiat Chrystler Automobiles' battery partners. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), a leading electric vehicle manufacturer and part of the Stellantis group of companies, has entered into an offtake agreement for battery-grade graphite produced by Westwater Resources Inc. in Alabama. Stellantis – the world's fourth-largest automaker by sales in 2023, behind Toyota, Volkswagen Group, and Hyundai Motor Group – designs, man...

  • Rendering of spinning gold spiral and debris.

    A Revolution for better mine grinding

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 23, 2024

    PowerMaster President Haiku York talks with Metal Tech News about the company's Revolution grinding technology for mining. PowerMaster has launched Revolution, a promising environmentally-friendly crushing technology designed to increase efficiency, lower costs, reduce the carbon footprint, and improve safety at mining operations. The PowerMaster Revolution is a gyroscopic grinder designed to efficiently process various materials, from large ore chunks to fine tailings, all...

  • Display reads “Experience The Future Of Mining” at immersive room entrance.

    Sandvik to bring mining vision to MINExpo

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jul 23, 2024

    Mining equipment and tech company will showcase "future of mining" innovations at world's largest mining event. Net-zero. Connected. Digitized. Automated. Electrified. These are some of the adjectives Sandvik is using to describe its vision for the "future of mining," which will be on full display at the global mining technology and equipment company's 21,000-square-foot exhibit in the Central Hall of MINExpo International 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A global mining...

  • Two female scientists in a laboratory.

    DOE calls on labs to lower concrete CO2

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 22, 2024

    U.S. Department of Energy plans a Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to reduce industrial emissions. In its continued mission to help the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) is creating a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. Up to $9 million for national labs to...

  • Artist rendering of an astronaut holding up a Moon rock sample.

    Seattle space miner receives NASA grant

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 19, 2024

    Interlune will use TechFlights to advance its proprietary technology for recovering helium-3 and other resources from the Moon. Interlune, a Seattle-based space mining tech startup led by a team of seasoned space exploration executives, has been awarded a $348,000 grant from NASA to advance a proprietary technology designed to recover helium-3 and other minerals from the Moon. "This award is one more step toward our goal of rebuilding the entire U.S. industrial base for lunar...

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