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Waste not: reimagining mine liabilities as energy assets

Lavudya, Sravan
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Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy
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Littlefield, Anna
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2026-01-14
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https://hdl.handle.net/11124/181656
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In a year marked by rising geopolitical tensions over critical mineral supply chains, a quiet shift is underway for legacy mine waste. As the US looks to minimize its reliance on foreign critical minerals, we must contend with the implications of increased domestic extraction and processing, neither of which are low impact. Here, we explore how operators are reimagining the pieces of the process, turning mine tailings into assets and repurposing existing mine infrastructure.
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