UN asks Grupo Mexico to compensate victims of Buenaventura mine spill

The Mexican chapter of the High Commissioner’s Office for Human Rights of the United Nations demanded full compensation from Grupo Mexico to […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 8, 2021 | 10:12 am

Electrification may allow mines to generate extra income – report

Emerging technologies in electrification may mean that, in the near future, all mining can store or generate required electricity but often more, […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 8, 2021 | 8:31 am

How fossil fuels can help decarbonize the economy

Researchers at Rice University’s Carbon Hub are proposing the idea of actually using hydrocarbons to slash carbon dioxide emissions. In an opinion […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 7, 2021 | 10:29 am

World’s largest EV market facing challenges – report

A report by IDTechEx found that China’s electric two-wheeler sector, despite still being the largest EV market in the world with some […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 6, 2021 | 6:02 am

Purified tin selenide may be ideal to convert waste heat into energy – study

Researchers from Northwestern University in the US and Seoul National University in Korea have demonstrated a high-performing thermoelectric material in a practical […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 5, 2021 | 6:06 am

Bacteria help extract rare earths from mine slag heaps

Researchers at the French Geological Survey are looking at ways to extract rare earth elements from mine slag heaps using bacteria found […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 4, 2021 | 6:06 am

Manganese could help convert sunlight into energy more sustainably than iridium, ruthenium

Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have produced the first-ever luminescent manganese complexes in which exposure to light causes the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2021 | 6:06 am