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Imdex dives deep in groundbreaking study of orebody value

Canadian Mining Journal Staff — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:43:02 +0000

Imdex is collaborating on a groundbreaking study backed by Canada’s pre-eminent sciences research body to determine the real value of orebody knowledge […]

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New LiTe battery under development, less prone to fires

Marilyn Scales — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:36:59 +0000

As the lithium-ion battery touches every aspect of an electrified society, they are also prone to bursting into fire. Such fires burn […]

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Teck, UBC launch $4 million professorship to speed tailings research and education

Marilyn Scales — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:40:46 +0000

The University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Applied Science and Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A and TECK.B; NYSE:TECK) announced on March 6 a […]

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Using tailings to get to net zero

Magda Gardner — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:54:36 +0000

Carbon mineralization has the potential to more than offset some mines’ emissions

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Mining technologies could capture ‘billions of tonnes of CO2 per year,’ says UBC professor

Magda Gardner — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:37:27 +0000

The world needs to limit global temperature increases to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius by the end of this century to […]

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EDITORIAL: Mining industry has role to play in carbon capture

Marilyn Scales — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:39:11 +0000

The carbon neutral mine is on the horizon. That’s the aim of a collaborative program to test immobilizing carbon dioxide in mine […]

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LITHIUM: MGX enters next phase in development of high energy Li-ion batteries

Marilyn Scales — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:35:48 +0000

VANCOUVER – MGX Minerals and its partner the University of British Columbia has completed the first phase of work to create next-generation […]

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AWARD: Team from UBC wins World Mining Competition

Marilyn Scales — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:27:26 +0000

SASKATOON – The team from the University of British Columbia has won the World Mining Competition held Oct. 25-28 in this city. […]

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UBC, Terra CO2 team up for US$7.5M tailings research prize

Marilyn Scales — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:17:34 +0000

VANCOUVER — Lee Groat, a mineralogist and professor from the University of British Columbia, may have just cracked one of mining’s biggest […]

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ACID DRAINAGE: UBC identifies bacteria linked to acid mine runoff

Marilyn Scales — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:28:49 +0000

KELOWNA, BC – Researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus have isolated micro-organisms that cause acid rock drainage at mines. […]

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