It is able to store 1,500 megawatt-hours of energy by compressing air into a massive abandoned underground salt mine in Yingcheng City, Hubei. When needed, the compressed air is released to spin an ...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which ... In addition, thorium is three times more abundant than uranium, and easier to mine. MSRs in development today are based on two ...

Pretty much everyone eats salt, every day, and it’s different now. Yet even kosher salt’s most fervent converts may not entirely understand how it’s different. Kosher salt, like all salt ...

Designed to be buried or hidden on the ground, anti-personnel mines often mutilate victims who are not immediately killed, with aid groups decrying their long-term impact on civilians. Follow our ...

Arca scientist working on ultramafic mine tailings at a mine site in Australia. Photo credit: Arca Climate Technologies. A multibillion–dollar opportunity awaits that could strengthen mining’s ...

The test, carried out in a harbour in November, demonstrated one approach to mining for polymetallic nodules, potato-sized lumps containing metals scattered on the seabed in vast quantities ...

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Despite its critical role in modern society and urban development, the environmental and social effects of sand mining remain largely hidden from public scrutiny. The UN’s environment programme ...

Illegal mining is not just the domain of zama zamas but extends to politically shielded elites who have looted billions from SA' - Macua Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua ...

The mining project will be led by the state-owned National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) and the Mines and Minerals Department of Punjab, marking a significant milestone for the country’s ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is touting a cooperation with the Trump administration over rare earth minerals, but in reality his domestic mining industry is facing a growing crisis.