Redefining mine waste with a holistic lens

Offering a new spin on the adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” the mining industry is looking to reprocess, recycle and repurpose to reduce waste production and water use.

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“We’d like to remove the word waste from the business,” said Bob Cappadonna, president and chief executive at Veolia North America.

One of the factors behind this new mindset is more stringent sector-wide and global regulations like ICMM's goal of net zero by 2050 and COP27's global warming targeted temperature reduction