America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...
Forbes

U.S. To Open Domestic Supply Of Critical Minerals From Mine Waste

An abandoned cinnabar ore mine for mercury in Texas. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has issued an order to unlock federal dollars to recover above-ground critical minerals from functioning and ...
New Atlas

Nuclear waste may hold the key to greener hydrogen production

Nuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of ...
NOLA.com

St. James plant to turn 'red mud' waste, source of dust, leaks, into rare minerals source

A Texas company will move forward with plans to build an $850 million plant to extract rare earth minerals from contaminated mining waste lying in hundreds of acres along the Mississippi River near ...