WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana – The production of rare earth metals is a global $4 billion annual market that continues to grow as new electronics, computerized engines for aircraft, warships, electric ...

Rare earth elements sit quietly inside smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines, yet they are notoriously difficult ...

Silver can now be extracted ecologically and more efficiently than before. Researchers extracted silver from a process stream using an environmentally friendly ion exchange technique. The technique ...

A team of researchers is developing new approaches to chemical synthesis and mineral processing based on solid-state chemistry -- and inspired by examples from nature. The unconventional approaches ...

Mt Monger Resources Ltd. (AU:MTM) has released an update. MTM Critical Metals Limited has secured exclusive global rights to Flash Joule Heating technology from Rice University, promising to ...

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 ...

MaverickX, which was born in San Antonio and is moving to Austin this year, is built on a bacterium that dissolves rock as a new means of extracting minerals.

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 ...

Demand for lithium is rising fast as electric vehicles, wind turbines, and grid-scale batteries ...