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$162 Million Push Turns Mining Waste Into a New Source of Critical Minerals

Nine projects have been selected for potential funding to recover valuable minerals from mine...

Solar Panel Recycling Moves Into the Big League

Comstock Metals starts up its industry-scale facility, bringing new momentum to the circular solar...

Mariana Minerals Accelerates Critical Minerals Growth with Major Investment

A new funding round will help expand copper and lithium projects while supporting the...

Scania Batteries Power the Next Generation of Electric Mining Vehicles

Strategic partnership with MacLean Engineering strengthens underground mining with safer and more efficient battery...

Fieldstone Bio Advances Mining Innovation Through Major Technology Accelerator

New Partnership With Rio Tinto and Founders Factory Aims to Improve Mineral...

Rio Tinto Opens the Door to the Next Generation of Mining Technology

Five emerging technology companies join its Mining Tech Accelerator to develop smarter...

Texas Set to Host a New Recycling Facility

We Recycle Solar plans a large-scale facility near Dallas to recover valuable...

R3 Lithium Brings New Life to Georgia Battery Recycling Facility

The Covington plant is set to recover lithium from used battery materials,...

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Fieldstone Bio Advances Mining Innovation Through Major Technology Accelerator

New Partnership With Rio Tinto and Founders Factory Aims to Improve Mineral Exploration Through Biological Sensors and Faster Ore Analysis Perth, Australia, 14 October 2026 – Mining companies...

Rio Tinto Opens the Door to the Next Generation of Mining Technology

Five emerging technology companies join its Mining Tech Accelerator to develop smarter approaches to exploration, safety, processing, and mine operations Perth, Australia, 7 October 2026 – Mining is...

Copper’s Quiet Passport Problem; How the EU Digital Product Passport regulations impact copper from the mine to the vehicle — and back again.

Copper is not included in the EU's list of first-wave Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulation. The first ESPR Working Plan, adopted in April 2025, prioritises iron and...

Above-Ground Mining Shouldn’t Mean Above-Ground Stockpiling: Battery Recycling’s Missing Middle

Last month, the Commerce Department imposed new restrictions on exports of battery and metals waste, effectively banning exports by ordering U.S. sellers of battery black mass and...

Closing the Loop on Structural Aluminium

Aluminium has an obvious role to play in the transition towards lower-carbon manufacturing. Lightweight, versatile and recyclable, it is already fundamental to automotive manufacturing, particularly in structural...

Europe’s copper is already above ground: why recycling is becoming a question of industrial resilience

Copper sits at the heart of almost every system on which Europe’s economic transition depends. Power grids need it. Electric vehicles need it. So do renewable energy...

Geo Week Keynote Examines “A Lake in Crisis: Mapping Utah’s Great Salt Lake”

Keynote Panel to Reveal What New Bathymetric Lidar Data Reveals About One of the West's Most Threatened Lakes Image: USGS EROS imagery comparing the Great Salt Lake in...

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