The University of Edinburgh has licensed a gold and copper recovery process that enables cleaner extraction of high‑value ...

A new study led by researchers in Canada introduces a novel process for the extraction and separation of metals from spent alkaline batteries, offering a promising solution for efficient recycling of ...

Lithium Universe will deploy and sub‑license the technology globally as part of its expanding precious metals recycling ...

Rare earth metals that the company extracts from the rusty colored rock. (Photo by Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Mining minerals from natural deposits is costly in both economic ...

A small molecule that naturally serves as a binding site for metals in enzymes also proves useful for separating certain rare earth metals from each other. In a proof of concept, the process extracts ...

Amid rising demand, miners are turning to biotech firms to help them squeeze more metal out of aging mines. In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is ...

As humans travel farther and farther from our terrestrial home, scientists need to devise ways to resupply missions in the inhospitable environment of space. One way could be to leverage the ...