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By Shane Lasley
Metal Tech News 

Mining trio seeks new ideas for tailings

Metal Tech News - December 7, 2022

 

Last updated 12/13/2022 at 2:50pm

A large, rock-clad earthen dam holds back mining waste and water.

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Tailings facilities, such as this one at an aluminum mine in Brazil, often contain potentially economic quantities of metals that are critical to new clean energy and digital technologies.

OZ Minerals, Rio Tinto and Boliden launch initiative that encourages entrepreneurs to reimagine mining and mine tailings.

Setting aside professional rivalries for the greater good, OZ Minerals, Boliden, and Rio Tinto have joined forces to nurture new technologies that will reduce the environmental risks posed by mine tailings and extract value from these materials currently considered...



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