The Australian CSIRO (« Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ») scientists have recently discovered some new ways to recycle mining industry by-products. Some of them (neutralized used acid, steelmaking by-products, calcined magnesia, red muds and sands from the aluminia industry, attapulgite type clays, zeolites, laterites, etc) could help to rehabilitate contaminated soils or to [...]
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6 000-years-old : the oldest known mine
December 16th, 2010 
FlorianAn archaeologists team from the CNRS investigates since 2008 the oldest galleries of the Duzdagi salt deposits, in azerbaidjan. The period of the beginnigs of the exploitation (which is still active) was unknown but suspected to be very old. The feam found numerous remainings, pricipally stone artifacts and ceramics, the older ones dated from 3 [...]
