Articles by The Clean Mining Alliance .

As important as mining is to society, the industry is surpisingly slow to trial and implement new technologies . Techniques and equipment that were developed in the early 1900s are still the standard in many modern mining facilities today, while newer technologies like bioremediation and electrochemical water treatment have struggled to find a foothold in the industry. Why are we seeing a...Full Article »

Not everyone influential in mining works underground. One such leader is Dallas Kachan, the executive director of the Clean Mining Alliance , headquarted in Vancouver. The alliance is an “international trade association dedicated to raising the profile of cleaner mining initiatives and how they’re reshaping the face of mining globally. The Clean Mining Alliance exists to showcase new...Full Article »

By Dallas Kachan Mining has been a hallmark of the advancement of human civilization. We’ve progressed from the Palaeolithic extraction of flint some 450,000 years ago to mass mining by early Egyptian times to the current era of mechanized mining we’ve seen since the 1950s. It isn’t a question of whether mining will continue to evolve beyond our current practices, but a...Full Article »

The mining industry is often portrayed as a dirty industry, using old technologies and without regard for the environment. Yet increasingly, the mining industry is taking a proactive approach to improving environmental performance and using new technologies that decrease water and energy use, minimize environmental disturbances, and better remediate mine sites after mining operations are...Full Article »

To most people, a landfill is a place where trash goes to stay forever. For advocates of landfill mines, however, a landfill is a temporary storage place for materials that may not be recyclable at the moment. As recycling technology improves, the thinking goes, someday a landfill will be seen as a repository of value, not waste. While the idea makes some sense, and sporadic landfill mining...Full Article »