NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

In situ leach or leaching (ISL) or in situ recovery (ISR) mining has become one of the standard uranium production methods. Its application to amenable uranium deposits (in certain sedimentary ...

Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of resources that are regularly mined in the state, but perhaps not too familiar with the idea of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) mining.

ISCR is an extraction method used for selected mineral deposit conditions as an alternative to openpit or underground mining methods. ISCR extracts copper by injecting a weak sulphuric acid ...

UEC's use of in-situ recovery ("ISR") mining offers economic and environmental benefits, with major assets in Wyoming, Texas, and high-grade sites in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin. The Biden ...

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