Newmont, a diversified mining company based in Colorado, has partnered with the US Department of Energy (DoE) to explore a process for rapid electrochemical mineralization that would form dolomite (REMineD) for sequestering carbon in mine tailings.
The $4.38 million project, co-funded by the DoE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Technology Commercialization Fund, will last three years and involve multiple partners and research institutes.
The REMineD development is expected to help advance the development of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technologies, which will be essential to meeting global climate goals. Sequestered carbonate materials can be converted into durable products that could replace concrete, which is very carbon-intensive, used in construction.
Newmont is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050.
Source: Mining Weekly
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