At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

Bioleaching unlocks revenue from low-grade ores, but the cost-effective copper extraction process is struggling to get off ...

Copper miners are turning to vast waste piles, novel extraction technologies and even bacterial “bugs” in an effort to increase production of the critical mineral that has surged in price.

Biotech company Endolith announced on Nov. 13 that it secured $13.5 million in Series A funding, with another $3 million expected in a follow-on close, to advance its biological system that draws ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Copper mining is crucial for modern infrastructure, but traditional methods have a steep environmental cost. Mining operations ...

In this video, we focus on recycling copper from old broken electric motors into usable materials. The process includes extracting copper wires, melting the copper, casting ingots, forging them to ...

Endolith has reported a major advance in copper extraction as it pushes the frontiers of microbial science. In collaboration with BHP’s (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) innovation arm, Think & Act ...

In this video, we focus on recycling copper from old broken electric motors into usable materials. The process includes extracting copper wires, melting the copper, casting ingots, forging them to ...

Gunnison Copper's Johnson Camp mine east of Tucson, Ariz. (Mark Lipczynski for WSJ) Rio Tinto said its Nuton subsidiary, which uses bacteria and acid to extract copper from deposits that are otherwise ...