Nose to tail mining: an alternative, sustainable source of sand at sca

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The global demand for sand is increasing dramatically, with an annual consumption of around 50 billion tons (!). Scientists have now found a solution that tackles two problems at once: the sand shortage and the gigantic mountain of mining waste that the mining industry produces. An international research team led by the University of Queensland has developed a new method […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .

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Nose to tail mining: an alternative, sustainable source of sand at sca

Global demand for sand is a huge sustainability issue, while at the same time the metal mining industry crushes – and discards – billions of tonnes of the same minerals as waste. In this article in One Earth, UQ Professor Daniel Franks and colleagues explore whether a circular economy solution is possible. They propose a paradigm shift that they call 'nose to tail mining' to extract sand by-products during mineral processing before it becomes wa…