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Separating copper and cobalt ions is crucial due to the industry’s strategic reliance on both these elements. When the extraction process is able to significantly increase the separation factor, it ...

SiTration, a materials recovery and processing startup serving the mining and metals industries, recently collaborated with BHP Invent and Copper South Australia to complete 5-weeks of prototype test ...

The microorganism lives in extreme conditions and oxidizes sulfur, thereby participating in bio—leaching, the natural process ...

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 ...

SANTIAGO, Chile--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceibo, an advanced copper extraction technology company, today announced it has raised a $30 million Series B financing. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners, ...

Still Bright will establish its global headquarters at NEST as the clean-tech startup scales its patented copper extraction ...

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