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  • Caterpillar haul truck mining autonomous vehicle MINExpo 500 Cats globally video

    500 giant driverless Cat mining trucks

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 5, 2022

    A two-story-tall mining truck hauling more than half a million pounds of rock may not seem like the best choice for perfecting the science of autonomous travel. As it turns out, however, mines provide an ideal controlled testing ground for autonomous vehicles, and Caterpillar Inc. has been at the forefront of pioneering autonomous haulage systems for mining operations around the world. This revolutionary work has resulted in an exciting new mining technologies milestone for...

  • EnviroMetal Technologies Group 11 environmentally friendly metal leaching

    EnviroMetal recovers gold from mine dust

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Broadening the potential applications of its environmentally sustainable metal leaching formula, EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. reports that it has successfully extracted 221 ounces of gold from roughly 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of dust collected in baghouse filters from a Canadian gold producer. The company says this milestone demonstrates the effectiveness of its proprietary non-cyanide formula in recovering exceptionally high-grade gold from otherwise difficult to process...

  • Glencore Britishvolt Britannia Refined Metals recycling ecosystem EV gigafactory

    EU companies reinforce electric partnership

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    As part of ongoing efforts to create an electric ecosystem for the United Kingdom, battery manufacturer Britishvolt has partnered with Swedish commodity giant Glencore to develop an industry-leading battery recycling joint venture. The partnership is intended to create a world-leading ecosystem for battery recycling in the UK and will be anchored at Britannia Refined Metals' – a Glencore company – future recycling plant in Northfleet. This project sees a return to rec...

  • Northvolt EU Europe gigafactory Volvo Cars Sweden EV electric vehicles Polestar

    Swedish partners select gigafactory site

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Powering its ambition to become a fully electric automaker by 2030, Volvo Cars has teamed up with Northvolt to build a 50-gigawatt-hour-per-year battery gigafactory in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Our battery cell partnership with Northvolt is key to our strategic ambitions in electrification," said Volvo Cars Chief Executive Håkan Samuelsson. "We are committed to becoming a leader in the premium electric car segment and selling only pure electric vehicles by 2030." Toward this commit...

  • Northvolt Volvo Cars Torslanda Sweden manufacturing plant gigafactory EV

    Volvo to retool Swedish plant for EVs

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Immediately following its partnership with Northvolt to build a 50-gigawatt-hour-per-year battery gigafactory in Sweden, Volvo Cars announced plans to invest roughly US$1.1 billion (10 billion Swedish kronor) to ready its Torslanda manufacturing plant to produce the next generation of fully electric vehicles. "With these investments we take an important step towards our all-electric future and prepare for even more advanced and better electric Volvos," said Volvo Cars Chief...

  • Redwood Materials Tesla co-founder JB Straubel EV battery recycling EU US mining

    The American giant of battery recycling

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Redwood Materials Inc., an American battery recycling company that has been quietly prepping for an energy transition before it became a well-circulated buzzword, has already begun its own transition to the European market. Founded in 2017 by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, this forward-thinking recycling company has rapidly climbed to a valuation of $3.8 billion as of September 2021. In a recent interview, Associated Press journalist Tom Krishner asked Straubel whether Redwood... Full story