Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering launched a new research agreement with Hindustan Zinc Limited, one of the world’s top zinc and silver producers, to improve silver recovery across its lead-zinc processing plants in India. The collaboration will focus on advancing the science behind flotation. The process is used to separate valuable minerals from ore, increasing silver recovery,…
Read MoreCanadian miner Aclara Resources’ U.S.-based subsidiary, Aclara Technologies, has entered a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled digital twin for Aclara’s heavy rare earth separation process. Full story.
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While rare earth elements are “essential ingredients for our modern lives,” up to 82% of rare earth elements are imported from other countries, notes Aaron Noble, Virginia Tech professor and head of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and interim head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Full story.
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A strategic partnership between Virginia Tech and Alcara Technologies, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Aclara Resources, aims to strengthen a sustainable domestic supply chain for critical heavy rare earth elements. Full story.
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Virginia Tech said it is spearheading a research coalition to reveal the untapped potential of the greater Appalachian Mountains region. Full story.
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Virginia Tech is serving as the technical lead of the U.S. Department of Energy-funded project that aims to store more than 1.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year and reduce the risk and costs of future projects.
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United Coal Company (UCC) has donated Biomarine mine rescue equipment to Virginia Tech’s Mine Engineering Department to help facilitate students’ development into proficient mining engineers. Full story.
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Renewed attention to gold mining at both new and historical sites in Virginia prompted the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine at Virginia Tech to convene a study about the potential impacts of gold mining, chaired by William Hopkins, Virginia Tech professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment. Read…
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