The Elements of Innovation Discovered
The Elements of Innovation Discovered
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These self-driving mine trucks are safely and efficiently hauling more than 2 billion metric tons of material per year. In a major milestone for mine safety, efficiency, and productivity, Komatsu reports that the more than 750 Komatsu autonomous haul trucks deployed around the world have hauled more than 10 billion metric tons of material. As a pioneer in the commercial automation of mining haul trucks, Komatsu launched the FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) in 2008....
NASA rovers looking for evidence of life make surprising revelations for the future of space mining as well. In the last two months of an ongoing search for signs of ancient life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity have been wheeling around the red planet looking for rocks that may have been created or modified long ago by the presence of water and microbial life. Meanwhile, a rich volcanic history may produce other treasures as well. A vein of spotted rocks nicknamed...
Deepens partnership with Aymium to produce renewable biocarbon at new facility toward the reduction of carbon emissions in metal smelting operations. In an ambitious move toward sustainable industrial practices, Rio Tinto and Aymium have partnered to create Évolys Québec Inc., a joint venture focused on producing renewable metallurgical biocarbon as an alternative to traditional carbon sources used in metal smelting processes. In 2022, Rio Tinto, Steel Dynamics, and Nippon S...
Scientists have already found several revelations studying material from the asteroid sample brought back to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission. Launched back in 2016, a spacecraft traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and collected a large sample of rocks and dust from the surface. This first U.S. mission to collect a sample directly from an asteroid delivered its payload back to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. At last, early analysis of the sample of asteroid Bennu returned by NASA's...
Deep sea mining has a new discovery to contend with. Deep sea mining has brought many abyssal research theories to light, including the vibrancy and delicacy of the sunless seafloor ecosystem, the amazing accretion of desirable minerals over millions of years into priceless little nodules that have been suggested could nearly eliminate land-based battery mineral mining in its entirety, and a new mystery – dark oxygen – defying previous theories about the origins of life on...
Decades-old theory proved possible as QuTech's "somersaulting" spin qubits simplify control, paving way for scalable quantum computing. Researchers at QuTech have taken a giant leap in quantum computing with the development of "somersaulting" spin qubits, an innovation that simplifies and enhances control of this advanced technology and marks a breakthrough that could revolutionize the construction of powerful quantum processors. Quantum computing, unlike classical computing,...
University of Adelaide's copper consortium has lasting impact on industry and will continue collaborations after concluding. Copper is the leading commodity produced in South Australia. Capitalizing on this over the last seven years is the Adelaide-based Integrated Mining Consortium of universities. Teaming up with Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) partners, mining companies and key stakeholders, this group has unlocked significant economic potential worth...
Study shows that trolley assist for trucks would halve CO2 intensity of what is expected to be one of the world's cleanest sources of nickel. A recently completed engineering study has found that a trolley assist system for haul trucks would significantly reduce the carbon intensity of nickel produced at Baptiste, a project in central British Columbia being advanced by FPX Nickel Corp. that is already shaping up to be one of the cleanest sources of future nickel on the...
Silicon Valley-based EV manufacturer to buy anode material from G1's coming graphite plant in Ohio. Toward its goal of creating sustainable mobility with cars that make the best possible use of the world's resources, California-based Lucid Motors has entered into an agreement to buy domestically produced graphite for the batteries powering its electric vehicles from a processing and recycling plant to be built by Graphite One Inc. in Ohio. "We are committed to accelerating...
