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biology
Swarming towards new ways of mining
Carly Leonida explores the possibilities that swarm intelligence and robotics might offer the mining and…
How to grow metals using plants
As the old saying goes, if you can’t grow it you have to mine it…
Turning mine sites into carbon vaults
Dr Alison Shaw explains how a carbon sequestration project developed and initiated by De Beers…
Biotechnology: using microbes as mining equipment
Marny Reakes explains how synthetic biology can change the way we mine. From the micro…
Cleaning up mine sites with carbon-negative bioremediation
Cemvita Factory’s Moji Karimi explains how biomimicry can be harnessed to treat mine waste and…
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“The mining industry and the products it provides, underpin half of the global economy. If you want to change the world, there’s no better place to work”
Carly Leonida