The mining industry is exploring alternative methods like recycling and re-mining waste tailings to secure essential metals for the energy transition due to challenges in traditional mining ...

Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Programme executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 6, SDG 12 and SDG 13. This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Waste management in mining. Narrative review ...

THE Philippines, a country rich in mineral resources, has long been plagued by the challenges of mine waste management. However, a revolutionary approach is emerging, one that could transform the ...

Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville—a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more ...