Mineral resources from Chile are of great importance to Germany. According to statistics from the World Bank, thousands of tons of valuable minerals are imported from the South American country every ...

Russian state development bank VEB will stop lending for new projects involving raw materials extraction as part of a push into the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda, first deputy ...

(Nanowerk News) Climate-friendly practices for sourcing raw materials hold significant potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and globally. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA ...

Mining is a controversial topic: On one hand, we need raw materials such as copper for the transition to climate-friendly technologies, but on the other hand, exploration and raw material extraction ...

The Council and the European Parliament today reached a deal on the proposed regulation establishing a framework to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, better known as ...

Schlumberger New Energy will build a pilot plant that directly extracts lithium, a raw material for batteries, from underground brine in Clayton Valley, Nevada. The direct process requires weeks, ...

The shift to electric vehicles will mean less drilling for oil, but EVs still depend heavily on precious resources that come from deep within the Earth. Making enough batteries to fulfill auto makers' ...

Lithium, cesium, or even gold -- in addition to energy geothermal waters can contain mineral treasures. Researchers want to leverage this potential and support sustainable mining in Chile. Together ...