A new one‑step, water‑, acid‑, and alkali‑free method for extracting high‑purity lithium from spodumene ore has the potential to transform critical metal processing and enhance renewable energy supply ...

Global metal extraction is increasing, owing to rising mineral demands from infrastructure development and the growing need for metal-intensive renewable energy technologies to mitigate climate change ...

Most mining companies treat environmental compliance as a cost to be managed. CNC treats it as a production standard. The ...

A new process enables the extraction of lithium from ore in a simple, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly way. An MIT spin-off wants to market it. Lithium is one of the sought-after raw ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7, SDG 9, and SDG 12. This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Metal extraction from ore. Narrative review ...

A variety of modern technologies, including permanent magnets that have been used in everything from earbuds to wind turbines, rely on rare earth elements. While the metals aren’t actually especially ...

Reduced ecological footprint: Ores mined in the deep sea (left) can be reduced with a hydrogen plasma in an electric arc furnace, after drying. This produces manganese oxides and a manganese- and ...

Tesla has applied for a new patent that is revealing the lithium extraction process that Elon Musk vaguely described as “using table salt to basically extract lithium from ore” during Tesla’s Battery ...

A 30-year contract for the extraction of an iron ore mine in Yakawlang district of central Bamyan province has been signed, ...

Every year, the world consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand, gravel and crushed stone. The astonishing scale of this demand is hard to comprehend – 12.5 million Olympic sized swimming pools per ...

Panaji: Even after mining operations resumed in the state almost one and a half years ago, companies are yet to export a single shipment of freshly extracted iron ore.Mines and geology director ...