Deep-sea mining of manganese nodules can yield copper, nickel, and cobalt sustainably, minimizing waste and environmental ...

Around 5,000 years ago, people in what is now Iran began turning dull stone into shining metal. By heating copper ore until ...

Many metal ores, including those of copper, lead, and zinc, contain sulfur as part of sulfide minerals such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena. Measuring total sulfur provides valuable information ...

A variety of modern technologies, including permanent magnets that have been used in everything from earbuds to wind turbines, rely on rare earth elements. While the metals aren't actually especially ...

An analysis of sulfide ore deposits from one of the world's richest base-metal mines confirms oxygen levels were extremely low on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, but also shows that microbes were ...

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It certainly looks like it. From almost any perspective, seabed mining of metals is better for the environment, social justice issues and economics. Two primary scenarios to obtain critical economic ...