Earlier this week, during the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference, Geoscience BC announced the ...

Coal ash—the chalky remnants of coal that ... "The idea of getting rare earth elements out of tailings (mining by-products) just makes a lot of sense. It's a common-sense approach," he said.

The TPI Centre’s Carbon Performance (CP) Assessment helps investors assess a company’s preparedness for a low-carbon economy.

These processing and tailings storage sites can be among the most difficult parts of a mine to permit, and also among the most environmentally risky, according to industry experts. What’s ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In a bid to help make mine tailings safer for people and the environment, a global institute has been launched in South Africa which has also been selected as ...

This, he said, includes improving tailings capture, recycling materials ... This emphasis is reshaping the conversation about mining’s future. At home, mining giants are moving away from coal to focus ...

The Biden administration announced on Dec. 20 that $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go toward cataloging and reclaiming Alaska’s derelict coal mines over a 15-year period.

Coal mine tailings, for example, can contain small amounts of rare earths, like yttrium, and mine waste from copper mines can contain not only residual amounts of copper, but other metals as well.