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DOE supports mining tech proving grounds
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (681+ words) Metal Tech News - September 10, 2026 DOE has selected four projects to create mining technology proving grounds and training sites. To help turn the United States' in-the-ground mineral potential into secure critical mineral supply chains, the U.S. Department of Energy has selected four…...
Extracting clean energy from copper slime
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1013+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24. 2026 Copper-telluride filter cake produced at Rio Tinto's Kennecott mining and refining operation in Utah. While copper is critical to wiring data centers and the expanded electrical systems they demand, a tar-like sludge left behind during copper…...
The hidden mineral bill behind the cloud
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1565+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Industry guidelines recommend keeping air entering most servers between 64 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Long before AI began driving a new wave of expansion, data centers were already supporting the digital systems woven through modern life. Over time,…...
Shortening the critical minerals runway
2+ week, 5+ day ago (775+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Texas A&M's RAPTOR technology incorporates advanced drilling, sensing, and modeling technologies into a platform aimed at lowering the time and costs associated with delineating critical mineral deposits. From discovery to reserves, systematically delineating and evaluating…...
DOE backs critical mineral recovery tech
3+ week, 4+ day ago (517+ words) Metal Tech News - August 18, 2026 DOE is investing in accelerating four critical minerals from lab to prototype and five from pilot to near-commercial scale. Being advanced through DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, the projects are aimed at bridging…...
Electric-driven REE separation emerges
3+ week, 4+ day ago (442+ words) Metal Tech News - August 18, 2026 An Israeli minerals technology firm backed by New York-based Cove Capital LLC has made a breakthrough in an electrochemical platform it is developing to replace the complex solvent extraction methods traditionally used to separate rare earths…...