Cottonwood residents are concerned about black dust originating from a historic copper smelter slag pile. A company is ...
Scientist from Austria believe mushrooms can recover enough minerals to make a sizable impact in the world economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from electric vehicles to high-tech weapons, from mine waste, ...
A decade after Brazil’s 2015 Fundão dam collapse, research shows bananas grown near the Doce River estuary may contain ...
Govt exempts tailing recycling in mines from fresh green clearance, boosting sustainable practices and reducing regulatory ...
Most U.S. metal mines are built to dig for one or two things: copper, iron, or in some places maybe gold. But here’s the thing — when these mining companies pull up ore, the majority of its content ...
The Norwegian government has granted permission for the construction and operation of the Nussir copper mine in Hammerfest, a municipality on the northwestern coast of the island of Kvaløya, in Norway ...
Missouri Water Center researcher Pan Ni holds up a beaker filled with polymer beads designed to extract rare earth elements from wastewater. The rare earth elements integral to producing modern ...
Mine waste refers to the solid and liquid residues generated during mineral exploration, extraction, beneficiation, and refining, including waste rock, tailings, slag, and process effluents. As a ...