BHP, BlueScope and Rio Tinto to investigate Australia low-carbon steelmaking options
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BHP, BlueScope and Rio Tinto to investigate Australia low-carbon steelmaking options
February 9, 2024

Australia’s two largest iron ore producers, Rio Tinto and BHP, and its biggest steelmaker, BlueScope, have partnered in their efforts to accelerate the decarbonisation of steelmaking by agreeing to jointly investigate the development of the country’s first iron making electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant. Under a new framework agreement, the companies will consolidate the[…]

Ideon Technologies to join Stanford University’s Mineral-X program
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Ideon Technologies to join Stanford University’s Mineral-X program
November 16, 2023

Canadian subsurface intelligence company, Ideon Technologies, has been named an industrial affiliate of Stanford University’s Mineral-X program – an exclusive research community uniting the fields of geosciences, resource economics, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to inform optimal decision making along the critical minerals supply chain. As an affiliate, Ideon will engage with faculty and[…]

Equipping mining with the tools to minimise the biodiversity cost of decarbonisation
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Equipping mining with the tools to minimise the biodiversity cost of decarbonisation
October 16, 2023

As the race to net-zero intensifies, it is increasingly clear that the extractives industry has a crucial role to play supplying the raw minerals needed for decarbonisation. While navigating the balance between accessing new deposits and environmental sustainability is challenging, new methods of biodiversity monitoring offer a potential solution to minimise impacts on nature, Joe[…]

Anglo American, Mitsubishi Materials to address copper supply chain traceability
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Anglo American, Mitsubishi Materials to address copper supply chain traceability
October 11, 2023

Anglo American has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation to collaborate on the creation of a copper product offering that, it says, responds to growing demand for metals with demonstrably strong provenance credentials. The collaboration will focus on driving traceability across copper’s fragmented value chain, with the aim of identifying and measuring[…]