Photos & videos from April 12, 2024

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Steelmaking currently accounts for 6 to 9% of global CO2 emissions. To achieve net-zero emissions, many steelmaking companies are turning to high-grade suppliers of iron ore and low-carbon sources of energy. By hxdyl at stock.adobe.com https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/02/28/mining-tech/green-steel-made-from-baffinland-iron/1646.html

High-purity lead bars produced from Doe Run’s mining and battery recycling operations in Missouri. Photo by The Doe Run Company https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/03/20/mining-tech/dod-invests-in-missouri-battery-metals/1674.html

Fleet Space Geodes wirelessly connect to one another and ExosSphere low-earth-orbitsatellites to transmit data from geophysical programs during mineral exploration. By Fleet Space Technologies https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/04/10/mining-tech/fleet-space-mineral-exploration-rockets/1711.html

Postcard from the future – Hawaii’s latest energy storage facility represents the first time a battery has been used to balance a major power grid; integrating traditional, renewable and privately generated solar energy. By dörkdesign https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/02/07/tech-bytes/hawaii-says-aloha-to-greener-energy-grid/1622.html

Pulsar Helium’s timely discovery of a massive concentration of helium in Minnesota may keep our medical scanners, rockets, and nuclear reactors going. By dörkdesign https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/04/10/tech-bytes/american-helium-shortage-at-turning-point/1710.html

In what may be the perfect metaphor for the heavy metal needed as a catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells, Italian automaker Iveco is providing electric and natural gas trucks and busses to transport crew and gear during the European leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour. By Iveco Group https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/03/13/tech-bytes/a-metallica-catalyst-for-iveco-fuel-cells/1670.html

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has collected a sample from what is believed to be the beach of an ancient Martian Lake that is full of minerals that were made in water, providing further evidence of Mars watery past and potential to once have been home to life. By NASA/JPL-Caltech https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/04/10/tech-bytes/perseverance-drills-exciting-martian-sample/1704.html

USA Rare Earth is securing supplies of REEs for its Oklahoma magnet plant as it advances permitting and development of its Round Top critical minerals mine in Texas. By Peggy Greb, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/03/06/tech-metals/usa-rare-earth-secures-magnet-feedstock/1660.html

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows how electrochemistry can be used to extract precious metals efficiently and sustainably from discarded electronics. By Fred Zwicky https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2024/04/10/mining-tech/extracting-green-gold-pgms-from-waste/1705.html