New research shows that magnesium and other metals in mine waste can be solubilized and recovered thanks to acid-producing bacteria. Researcher Nathan van Wyk believes that the method has great ...

A groundbreaking method of recycling electronic waste could revolutionize the extraction of precious metals for green technologies. Gisele Azimi, a professor at the University of Toronto and an expert ...

The extraction and recovery of niobium and tantalum are critical to meeting the growing demand for these strategic metals in advanced technological applications. Traditionally, both metals have been ...

Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

A research team from Tsinghua University in Beijing has unveiled a powerful new technique to extract hazardous and valuable metals from industrial wastewater, using an unconventional method that ...

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 automobiles, magnets and other ...

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.