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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Chinese scientists have developed a rapid e-waste mining method that extracts gold in under 20 minutes at around one-third of ...

Fifty years ago, scientists hit upon what they thought could be the next rocket fuel. Carboranes -- molecules composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms clustered together in three-dimensional ...