An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna has discovered a new microbial metabolism: so-called MISO bacteria "breathe" ...

Over 73m of visual chalcocite and chalcopyrite sulphide mineralisation intersected. ・Expands known mineralised footprint by ...

MIT researchers have identified the proper temperature and chemical mixture to selectively separate pure copper and other metallic trace elements from sulfur-based minerals using molten electrolysis.

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I was disappointed in the News Tribune’s April 22 editorial endorsement of Rep. Pete Stauber’s bill to overturn a 20-year moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters watershed (Our View: “ Federal ...