ENVIRONMENT

Acid mine drainage research aims to avert environmental disaster

The project will help mines monitor their waste rock dumps.

 University of Queensland researchers are collaborating with a multidisciplinary team studying acids seeping out of old mine waste rock dumps.

University of Queensland researchers are collaborating with a multidisciplinary team studying acids seeping out of old mine waste rock dumps.

Those waste rock dumps can create acids that lead to global environmental problems second only to climate change, according to University of Queensland associate professor Mansour Edraki. Called Gaining...

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