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USGS, Apple create new waste rock metric

Staff Writer | May 05, 2022 | 11:20 am Suppliers & Equipment USA 

A new metric to quantify the amount of waste rock generated by mining critical minerals has been created by the US Geological Survey and Apple. Called the “rock-to-metal ratio,” the new metric indicates how much ore and waste must be...

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