Many rare metals are in scarce supply, yet demand for use in electronics, medical instrumentation, and other purposes continues to increase. As waste, these metals pollute the environment and harm ...

Giving birth to invention out of necessity, a group of UA scientists found a new way to combat industrial corrosion — and a new, cleaner method of metals extraction for the mining industry in the ...

New research shows that magnesium and other metals in mine waste can be solubilized and recovered thanks to acid-producing bacteria. Researcher Nathan van Wyk believes that the method has great ...

Led by Fine Structure Ventures with a strategic investment from BHP Ventures, the round is expected to exceed $30M across subsequent closings. VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--pH7 ...

MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian mining giant Nornickel has extracted additional metals from waste products as part of new technology it tested to support its 2021 output from its Arctic mines that ...

Recovery of the metals in elemental, metallic form is straightforward -- simply burn the extraction material and collect the remaining metal after further heating. The researchers chemically modified ...