A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...

A research team developed electrokinetic mining (EKM), an eco-friendly method for extracting rare earth elements. EKM reduces ...

May 15, 2024 — 'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. Yet, a small portion of the ...

Not only would it involve landing robots on a rock, but also remotely building mining infrastructure, and then somehow sending the materials back to Earth. But it's easy to see why he and others ...

Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is mined, pollute our air, contaminate our water and destroy ... better ...

Ion-adsorption rare earth deposits (IADs ... emissions in groundwater and surface water, significantly mitigating the environmental impact of REE mining. The researchers emphasized that their ...

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Additionally, by mitigating some of the environmental impacts of rare earth mining, China could help reduce international criticism regarding its environmental practices in the sector.