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Mining & Resources · Recorded milestone

Mine waste reprocessed

Recorded year1999

Old tailings are mined again with microbes.

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Built on

Bacterial bioleachingRecorded · 1958enables

Led to

Engineered biominingForecast · ~2029enables
Urban miningForecast · ~2063enables
Landfills mined for metalsForecast · ~2079enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.