INNOVATION-May-June-2020

UBC students Eric Wynands ( left ) and Ethan Alban conduct a field pilot demonstration of CO 2 injection into tailings at the De Beers Gahcho Kué Mine in Northwest Territories, in July 2019. The test involved installing and testing CO 2 sensors on a pipeline filled with processed kimberlite, and then injected with CO 2 . P hoto courtesy of D e B eers G roup .

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FOR A CARBON CAPTURE SOLUTION

Mining and carbon reduction maymake strange bedfellows. But BC researchers are field-testing howmine tailings can be used to safely capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, leading the way to carbon-neutral mines able to capture the greenhouse gases they produce.

KYLIE WILLIAMS

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