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'Making sausages': the team extracting clean sand to prevent tailings

University of Queensland spin-out OreSand aims to produce industrial byproducts

Dr Juliana Segura-Salazar (left) and Dr Lulit Habte Ekubatsion at UQ's School of Civil Engineering concrete laboratory.

Dr Juliana Segura-Salazar (left) and Dr Lulit Habte Ekubatsion at UQ's School of Civil Engineering concrete laboratory. | Credits: Sustainable Minerals Institute

University of Queensland spin-out venture OreSand is working with mining companies to reduce waste by extracting clean sand byproducts from the ore. The sustainable mining startup was founded by Sustainable...

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