Fine particles have a significantly larger specific surface area than coarse solids. For example, clay particles (<4 μm) exhibit a specific surface area up to 10 times higher than medium sand (200–300 ...

Arca – founded by University of British Columbia researchers – uses mining tailings to absorb greenhouse gases via a process similar to corrosion, chief executive Paul Needham said.

Research published earlier this month in the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment journal says the "AER's stated policy of 'routine inspections' following tailings spills is not supported by ...

Dubbed Sand-E, the beach cleaning robot was developed by 27 students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The team had wanted to come up with a solution to assist ...

Tailings dams represent a substantial risk for adjacent communities in mining areas. South Africa’s most recent experience of a tailings dam tragedy, the 2022 collapse of a tailings dam in ...

The Labanese/UAE-produced picture “The Sand Castle” begins with a shot of Riman Al Rafeea, as the young girl Jana, framed behind a large cloth of blue that could be a sheet, or a sail. In an abrupt ...