Graphjet Technology to build agricultural waste-to-graphite production plant in Nevada
Graphjet Technology, a Malaysia-headquartered developer of technologies to produce graphite and graphene directly from agricultural waste, announced Monday it plans to build a commercial artificial graphite production facility in Nevada.
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80 progress progress of the wastewater treatment plant project of ESCO
Mining News Pro - Due to its proximity to the desert, Isfahan province in Iran is exposed to water shortages, and considering that water is one of the main needs for steel production, in order to prevent water shortages and also reduce Water extraction from Zayandeh River, Esfahan Steel Company has always tried to solve its water needs through urban wastewater recycling.
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Hecla Mining fined for hazardous waste management at silver mine in Alaska
Mining News Pro - Hecla Mining Co was fined $143,124 for violating hazardous waste management and disposal requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Wednesday.
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Congo halts ERG’s copper project after waste leakage
Mining News Pro - Eurasian Resources Group’s Boss Mining copper and cobalt project has been halted by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government, which cites environmental concerns after flooding in March sent mine waste into a river and nearby town.
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US judge orders waste rock study for Thacker Pass lithium project
Mining News Pro - The proposed mine would be North America’s largest source of lithium for electric vehicle batteries and a key pillar in US President Joe Biden’s efforts to wean his country off Chinese supplies of the metal.
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Tesla-backed nickel miner cuts output after waste dam leak
Mining News Pro - The troubled Goro nickel mine — one of the world’s largest deposits, which is part-owned by Trafigura Group and backed by Tesla Inc. — has been forced to reduce production to address a leak from its tailings dam.
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Could Coal Waste Be Used to Make Sustainable Batteries?
Mining News Pro - Acid mine drainage has long been a scourge in Appalachia. Recent research suggests that we may be able to simultaneously clean up the pollution and extract the minerals and elements needed to power green technologies.
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Compost helps extract REEs from e-waste
Mining News Pro - Penn State University researchers are using micro- and nanoparticles created from compost to capture rare earth elements from aqueous solutions containing e-waste.
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How platinum can help clean up wastewater, make it potable
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the University of Southern California have found that platinum is a key ingredient to help clean even the most stubborn toxins from wastewater.
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Picasso pigment may be key to recovering gold from e-waste
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Nagoya University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology discovered that a pigment called Prussian blue may be the key to recovering precious metals such as gold and platinum from nuclear and electronic waste.
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Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto Ltd, Freeport-McMoRan Inc and other global miners, spurred by rising prices and demand, are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low concentrations of copper from waste rock and help avoid lengthy mine permitting delays.
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Scientists optimize process to transform wastewater sulfur into battery materials
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Stanford University have found a new way to mine sewage for valuable materials used in fertilizers and cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries that could someday power smartphones and airplanes.
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How Latin America wastes billions of dollars worth of valuable metals
Mining News Pro - Latin America has a big opportunity to recover valuable materials from e-waste but has been throwing it into the garbage, according to a new report produced by the Sustainable Cycles Programme, co-hosted by the UN University and the UN Institute for Training and Research.
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New uranium-containing mineral could provide information on how to clean up nuclear waste
Mining News Pro - A new mineral named oldsite has been verified and accepted by the International Mineralogical Association.
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Plant cellulose can be used to extract neodymium from e-waste
Mining News Pro - In a recent paper in the Chemical Engineering Journal, Penn State University researchers detail new nanotechnology to separate neodymium found in electronic waste using plant cellulose, which is found in paper, cotton and pulp.
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New cell efficiently converts waste heat to energy
Mining News Pro - Scientists at Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have designed a novel hybrid thermoelectrochemical-concentration cell that outperforms similar state-of-the-art devices and shows promise in utilizing waste heat to generate electricity.
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Anglo American initiative gives rubber waste new life
Mining News Pro - Anglo American has announced a new initiative to transform rubber waste products such as used mining truck tyres and conveyor belts into useable raw materials.
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How lithium can be efficiently extracted from oil and gas wastewater
Mining News Pro - New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences proposes the idea of rapidly extracting lithium from contaminated water.
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Common mining waste produces hydrogen at QUT
Mining News Pro - Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have found a use for a mining by-product in hydrogen fuel and lithium-ion batteries.
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Waste cooking oil powers ship from Singapore to South Africa for Anglo American
Mining News Pro - The use of sustainable biofuel to power a chartered capesize ship during a voyage from Singapore to South Africa has been successfully trialled as part of a decarbonisation initiative, Anglo American said on Tuesday.
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Australia has wasted so many years when it comes to climate change
Mining News Pro - The first mention in parliament of ‘greenhouse gas’ occurred in 1986 - decades later the government is still not proposing anything near appropriate
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Rio Tinto produces battery-grade lithium from waste rock at US mine
Mining News Pro - Diversified major Rio Tinto has started production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine in California.
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New fuel from plastic waste aims to replace fossil fuels in the marine industry
Mining News Pro - London-based Clean Planet Energy announced the creation of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the marine industry.
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Researchers develop method to recover palladium, silver from industrial waste
Mining News Pro - Researchers from Kanazawa University in Japan have developed a mechanism to improve the recovery of silver and palladium ions from aqueous acidic waste.
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How zinc can be extracted from waste ash
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden developed a method for extracting zinc from waste fly ash produced by the incineration of solid waste.
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