Rio Tinto backs six startups in high-tech bid for cleaner mining of lithium, copper
British VC fund Founders Factory has launched the Mining Tech Accelerator in partnership with Rio Tinto, as the metals giant
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09:21
Big wave surfer emerges from the barrel with $120M fund for regenerative agriculture
What do the Rothschilds, big wave surfing, and cows have in common? A Portuguese man by the name of Francisco
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BMW-backed DeepDrive raises €30M to industrialise ultra-efficient EV motor
German startup DeepDrive has bagged €30mn to scale up its electric motor technology that promises to boost EV range to
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05:03
German startup Cylib starts building Europe’s largest EV battery recycling plant
German startup Cylib has broken ground on its first industrial-scale battery recycling plant, just months after it raised €55mn in
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Europe’s biggest floating solar farm could power a large town
Berlin-based renewable energy firm Q Energy has secured €50mn in debt finance to complete work on Europe’s largest floating solar
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First metal part 3D-printed in space paves way for deeper cosmic missions
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have used ESA’s metal 3D printer to forge the first-ever metal part made
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BMW installs ‘motionless’ wind energy device at Mini factory
US startup Aeromine has installed the UK’s first “motionless” wind turbine atop BMW’s Mini factory in Oxford. The 3-metre-tall, box-shaped
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Boutqiue ebike maker Cowboy bags €5M as it races to do what VanMoof couldn’t
Belgian ebike maker Cowboy has bagged €5mn as it looks to achieve full-year profitability next year — and not suffer
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Sweden’s been stealthily using hydrogen to forge green steel. Now it’s ready to industrialise
Deep in Sweden’s icy north sits a small factory where the country’s largest industrial players have been steadily validating a
