Resumen de Economics dictate change must come for mineral processing
"Adopting this view of waste handling represents a huge overall change for most mining systems, but it is an area that needs to be addressed if miners are to be successful in tackling today's challenges," [David Bowman] said.
[John Clout] said that results of experiments completed to date had provided evidence that this technique could be used successfully to upgrade iron ore associated with clay-rich slimes. "But more work needs to be done, and investment needs to be made in this type of processing," he added.
"During the decommissioning of a nuclear facility, the dismantling and disposal of the reactor pressure vessel represents a major challenge, due to the years of exposure the vessel has had to ionising radiation," said Martin Brandauer, a researcher at KIT.
