This prompts a re-evaluation of the financial feasibility of recovering minerals left in mine waste that had a low economic value at the time of extraction, writes THERESA SMITH, ESI Africa News ...

Kerr-McGee Quivira mine counts among more than 1,100 mines, milling sites and waste piles scattered across the Navajo Nation from the uranium mining period, many of them abandoned. Now, after years of ...

SANTIAGO - Chile's development agency Corfo on Tuesday opened a call for studies on the extraction of cobalt and rare earths from mining waste, offering $3-million to $4-million per project for a ...

Recycling starts in the kitchen for Daniel Silberstein and his daughter. Photo: Margareta Bloom Sandebäck/imagebank.sweden.se The Swedish government’s target is for food waste to decrease by 20 weight ...

There is more than a century’s worth of mine waste in B.C. from legacy and operating mines, and some of that waste contains valuable critical minerals that can now be extracted using various ...

These metals are essential for making batteries and renewable tech. Chile, the world’s leading copper producer, sees an economic chance in utilizing its 800 mining waste deposits, known as tailings.

The United States is nowhere near its goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030, according to new analysis from the University of California, Davis. In September 2015, the U.S. set an ambitious ...

Credit: Maxim Studio/Shutterstock. Chile’s national development agency, Corfo, has launched an initiative aimed at promoting the extraction of strategic minerals such as cobalt and rare earth elements ...

In recent months, there has been a slew of claims that electric vehicles' use of mineral mining causes more harm to the environment than traditional carbon-releasing cars. But is that true? British ...

An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by ...

Chile’s national development agency, Corfo, unveiled on Tuesday an initiative to promote the extraction of strategic minerals, including cobalt and rare earth elements, from mining waste.

But Hayden can afford to be more selective about its economic future than its neighbors eyeing nuclear waste. Here in Routt County, there’s a strong tourism industry and diverse economy centered in ...