The water needs to go
When companies extract minerals from the ground, they are generally left with a liquid slurry made of fine particles and water - "tailings". This creates the problem of storage.
Excess water in the tailings can lead to a disaster. For the tailings to be safely stored, the water needs to go.
Scientists from Australia's national science research agency, CSIRO, are investigating methods of more efficiently extracting the water, and are using Windmill software to measure the expulsion of liquid under different conditions.
Read the full story online at: https://www.windmill.co.uk/tailings-water-extraction.html
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