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The project is forecast to save approximately 104,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over a ten-year period

Researchers found using microbes to recover metals and minerals could be possible in all gravity conditions

Dale Vince, Founder of the green energy provider Ecotricity spoke to ELN about the technology that promises to deliver the ‘world’s most eco-friendly’ diamonds

The recently-launched Fair Cobalt Alliance aims to support informal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Lithium is a highly reactive metal used in batteries, for which demand has soared as sales of zero emission vehicles increased by nearly 160% in 2020 so far

They will research and incubate mining, processing and purification technologies that are environmentally sustainable

The mining giant says it could not ‘secure a power price reduction aimed at making New Zealand Aluminium Smelters a financially viable business’

The firm aims to cut 33% of its scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions by 2030

That’s the claim outlined in a new report published by think tank Green Alliance, which suggests ongoing reliance on the fossil fuel will hold back the development of low carbon steelmaking in the UK

The professional body is pledging to divest from oil, gas and mining companies by 2023 if they fail to demonstrate their operations are in line with the goals of the Paris agreement