No more digging - a new environmentally friendly way of mining

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May No more digging - a new environmentally friendly way of mining No more digging - a new environmentally friendly way of mining 03/05/2021 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, AustraliaΓÇÖs national science agency CSIRO, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Exeter have developed a new mining technique that uses electric fields to extract metals from hard rock ore. The technique could replace the traditional method of digging which results in significant costs to the environment. Digging methods are currently used in 99 per cent of mining activity, often resulting in significant environmental degradation and huge quantities of solid waste. Global estimates of waste are of the order of 100 gigatonnes per year, significantly larger than any other form of waste generated by humans. The new technique is published in Science Advances. It is now being further developed and refined with support from the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia. Image: Illustration of metal extraction from

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May No more digging - a new environmentally friendly way of mining No more digging - a new environmentally friendly way of mining 03/05/2021 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology, AustraliaΓÇÖs national science agency CSIRO, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Exeter have developed a new mining technique that uses electric fields to extract metals from hard rock ore.

The technique could replace the traditional method of digging which results in significant costs to the environment.

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