Often, it’s not the mine sites themselves that are the problem. Over hundreds of years, waste material has been washed downstream and accumulated in riverbanks and floodplains, where humans and ...

The waste piles, each given their own name ... “Doing this work is how we make sure the mine stays here for the long term.” --With assistance from Thomas Biesheuvel and James Attwood.

Billions of tons of coal and mine waste globally hold untapped potential for producing concentrates of rare earth, critical minerals, and other valuable metals American Resources will deploy ...

“But no, we have to investigate the site, make sure we understand the ... Hillenbrand cautioned would-be explorers to avoid the mine and its hazardous waste. “The mine is unique because ...

The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...

The waste output generated by the extraction of ... of a number of indigenous extremophile microbes proliferating in mine wastes like red mud,” says Huang. “The process of geochemical ...

A once-thriving river was rendered lifeless overnight due to a massive acidic waste spill from a Chinese-owned mine on February 18, 2025. The spill devastated local ecosystems and put the health ...