A technology company is using bacterium to pioneer new methods of extraction in the oil and mining industries.

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 ...

Silver can now be extracted ecologically and more efficiently than before. Researchers extracted silver from a process stream using an environmentally friendly ion exchange technique. The technique ...

A team of researchers is developing new approaches to chemical synthesis and mineral processing based on solid-state chemistry -- and inspired by examples from nature. The unconventional approaches ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) partners with Rio Tinto's Nuton Technology to leverage bioleaching techniques for copper extraction ...

Mt Monger Resources Ltd. (AU:MTM) has released an update. MTM Critical Metals Limited has secured exclusive global rights to Flash Joule Heating technology from Rice University, promising to ...

On Jan. 12, the Stanford Energy Seminar examined how new materials science research, including advanced characterization and AI tools, could help decarbonize metals production across the global supply ...

Carbon-negative mining offers a promising path to meeting the mineral demands of the energy transition while shrinking the ...

MaverickX, which was born in San Antonio and is moving to Austin this year, is built on a bacterium that dissolves rock as a ...