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Home » Environment and energy » ‘Keyhole surgery’ could reduce environmental burden of metal extraction

‘Keyhole surgery’ could reduce environmental burden of metal extraction

19 May 2021
A photo of a truck carrying a load of ore-bearing rock past the stepped surface of an open-pit copper mine
Overburden Open-pit mining produces huge amounts of waste, sparking a search for alternative methods. (Courtesy: Gary Whitton/Shutterstock)
A new “keyhole surgery”-style mining technique could allow metals to be extracted from undergrou

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Ian Randall is a science writer based in Cambridge, UK
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