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Articles from the April 15, 2020 edition


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  • Recycled high purity nickel cobalt lithium ion battery material

    Li-ion battery producer, recycler team up

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    American Manganese Inc. and Voltabox of Texas Inc. are in talks to utilize American Manganese's patented process to recycle the cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries produced by Voltabox. Voltabox manufactures lithium-ion battery systems for industrial applications such as electric buses, mining and construction equipment, agricultural machinery forklifts, and other warehouse equipment. Looking beyond the service life of the industrial batteries it produces, Voltabox has...

  • 5G internet network cell tower industrial mining internet of things IoT

    5G to enable next gen of industrial IoT

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Internet of Things (IoT) devices, machine learning and automated equipment being implemented to facilitate smooth operations in mining and other industrial sectors will see new ease of use with the latest network advancements in wireless connectivity. The next generation has begun to roll out with 5G and with it a more integrated system of development. To preface, a common misconception with the name of telecommunication technology starts simply with the letter G, as they are...

  • GroundTruth fixed wing White Gold drones to drills exploration strategy Yukon

    White Gold adds AI to exploration system

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    White Gold Corp. is adding artificial intelligence to the exploration toolbox at its disposal as the innovative company unlocks the massive gold potential of its namesake district in the heart of Canada's Yukon Territory. White Gold already employs a systematic exploration strategy that combines traditional mineral exploration techniques such as soil sampling and good old-fashioned prospecting with state-of-the-art technologies such as the use of drones for lidar mapping and...

  • Usibelli Coal Mine Alaska installs Fluidmesh network solutions connect cameras

    Cisco expands IoT with Fluidmesh buyout

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Global technology supplier Cisco Systems Inc. proceeds with acquisition of Fluidmesh Networks to develop their wireless Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio. Beginning with a collaborative project in 2016 where Cisco and Fluidmesh sought to improve Wi-Fi connectivity on high-speed trains, the partnership has become an integration. Fluidmesh Networks, founded in 2005 by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Polytechnic University of Milan,...

  • Mars colonist solar panels spacesuit Martian mining construction SpaceX

    Trump order lays space mining groundwork

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Sep 14, 2020

    Space exploration and colonization will not always be able to rely on the expense of rocketing goods beyond the gravitational pull of Earth. Instead, the mining of ice and other minerals for fuel, water and building materials will need to be carried out by aspiring extraterrestrial pioneers such as SpaceX. To ensure space explorers are able to extract the resources they need to travel to, live and work on the Moon, Mars and beyond, President Donald Trump has signed an...