Mining Technology on MSN
Bioleachers are sitting on a copper cache: why is uptake slow?
Bioleaching unlocks revenue from low-grade ores, but the cost-effective copper extraction process is struggling to get off ...
HIGHLIGHTSInitial testwork delivered encouraging recoveries of up to 75% for gallium and 56%-100% for various REEs.Phase-two benchwork studies are underway, with results expected in Q3 2026.The ...
Volta Metals Ltd. has begun laboratory‑scale bioleaching test work at Laurentian University aimed at recovering gallium and rare earth elements – or REEs – from its Springer Deposit near Sturgeon ...
“Volta submitted a small batch of Springer master mineral composites, representative of mineralization intersected to date, ...
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 ...
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Microbes may soon mine the metals that clean tech desperately needs
Clean energy technologies are colliding with a hard geological limit: the world needs far more copper, lithium, manganese and rare earth elements than conventional mines are currently delivering. At ...
There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036. If all those cars burn petrol or diesel, the climate consequences will be dire. Electric cars emit fewer ...
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is partnering with several companies to develop a revolutionary process that harnesses microbes to recycle spent ...
HIGHLIGHTS Initial testwork delivered encouraging recoveries of up to 75% for gallium and 56%-100% for various REEs. Phase-two benchwork studies ...
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