Two Canadian mines will pilot University of British Columbia-led research that combats greenhouse gas emissions by trapping carbon dioxide in mine tailings, the waste left over from ore mining.
Two Canadian mines will pilot University of British Columbia-led research that combats greenhouse gas emissions by trapping carbon dioxide in mine tailings, the waste left over from ore mining.
The technology could drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of mining operations and result in the world’s first greenhouse gas neutral mine.
The project—a collaboration between UBC, the University of Alberta, Trent University and Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and three leading mining companies—heads to the field this summer with a $2-million boost from Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Clean Growth Program. The funding was announced today in Yellowknife, N.W.T., as part of the program’s investments into clean technology research and development in the Canadian mining sector.
The field trials build on more than a decade of research and will focus on new technologies that maximize the reaction between carbon dioxide (CO2) and magnesium silicate-rich mine tailings, the waste from mining nickel, diamond, platinum and other materials.
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