How coal mine waste could help build your next phone
Feb 21, 2020
3 minutes
Near Mt. Storm, West Virginia, a pilot plant under construction will soon test a potential win-win for industry and the environment.
It aims to turn a major pollutant of streams and ponds – acid mine drainage – into badly needed minerals for everything from smartphones and electric cars to jet fighters and satellites.
If it works, at a price that can earn companies a profit, the process would provide a major incentive for companies to clean up waters and streams, cut costs for the mining industry, and plug a strategic hole for the United States, which currently imports
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