Tapping mineral wealth in mining waste could offset damage from new green economy mines
- Written by Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Principal Research Fellow/ Group Leader- MIWATCH, The University of Queensland
Mining waste can hold stores of valuable minerals.ShutterstockTo go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads to damage to pristine areas.
The good news is that in many...
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