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Pictured is a slag pile at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Slag is a man-made waste product created during smelting. Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Our ability to manufacture minerals could transform the gem market, medical industries and even help suck carbon from the air

Anita Parbhakar-Fox, The University of Queensland and Paul Gow, The University of Queensland

Manufacturing minerals is an expanding field of study. Making more of them could help alleviate various pressures faced by our growing population. But how are they made, and where can they be used?
Tasmania’s fires may have released mercury previously absorbed by trees. AAP Image

Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re‑released by Tasmania’s bushfires

Larissa Schneider, Australian National University; Kathryn Allen, The University of Melbourne, and Simon Haberle, Australian National University

Huon pines in Tasmania have locked up significant amounts of mercury pollution from the state’s mining industrial history. And that can be released back to the atmosphere in bushfires.

Related Topics

  1. Advanced manufacturing
  2. Alchemy
  3. Aluminium
  4. Anthropocene
  5. Carbon dioxide removal
  6. Climate change
  7. Jewellery
  8. Mercury
  9. Natural resources
  10. Tasmania

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