Standing up for small-scale mining
Carly Leonida explores the potential for greater collaboration between commercial miners, and small-scale and artisanal operators
Category: Environment
Mine tailings: Waste not, want not
How innovative tailings management practices are providing a fast-growing stream of value for smart mining and metals companies
Measuring & monitoring mine environmental performance
A legacy of under investment in environmental concerns means that many mining companies still rely on spreadsheets to manage their data. It’s time to modernise, writes Carly Leonida
How to design more sustainable mines
It’s never too early or late to make a mining operation more sustainable. Stantec’s Greg Gillian and Lauren Meyer join Carly Leonida to explore the benefits of an integrated design approach
Exploring better ways to manage water in mining
Carly Leonida quizzes Dr Nadja Kunz on the mining industry’s complex relationship with water
Mining and the tragedy of commons
Benjamin Cox and Sally Innis join Carly Leonida for a frank discussion about the mining industry’s current treatment of natural resources
Circular mining: as without, so within
To create circular mine sites, requires circular thinking. Carly Leonida explains why we need to consider the bigger picture surrounding future metals supply to instigate lasting change
Water in mining: balancing risk with opportunity
Five articles on water management for 21st Century mining operations
How to grow metals using plants
As the old saying goes, if you can’t grow it you have to mine it – but what if you could ‘grow’ metals after all? Ailbhe Goodbody finds out more about phytomining
The role of mining in advancing cleantech development
Lord Ashbourne, director of energy & resources at Edison Group, examines the vital role that the mining industry plays in the advancement and adoption of clean technology (cleantech) and the race to net zero emissions