New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

There is an aspect of coal mining that gets relatively little attention, even though it is growing in popularity, It is with this method that I will conclude this series on mining, and its precursor ...

Anomaly detection can be used to determine when something is noticeably different from the regular pattern. BYU professor Christophe Giraud-Carrier, director of the BYU Data Mining Lab, gave the ...

A five-year test programme on an innovative mining method that could potentially be used to access high-grade orebodies that are either too small or too deep to be mined economically using ...

The running water in a river can cause deposits of gold to form: in the riverbed, on the neighboring inundation plains or the banks of the river. These are known as gold placer deposits, and they have ...

During the recent Digging Deeper: The Future of Mining Benzinga virtual event, Alex Wylie, president, CEO, and director of Volt Lithium, detailed the company’s groundbreaking approach. Unlike ...

To remain relevant, mines will have to substantially change how they operate, and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mining head Frik Fourie does not see any future for conventional mining methods in ...

Mining on the Ethereum mainnet is no longer possible, but it remains viable on Ethereum Classic, which still uses proof-of-work. Bitcoin mining consumes substantial power with ASIC hardware, while ...