How to channel billions of dollars in United States government aid for mining critical minerals was a topic for panellists at The Northern Miner’s Energy Transition Metals Summit in Washington, D.C.
“This year, we’ve started an effort we call ‘mine of the future,’ looking at technologies we can use to revolutionize mining,” Grant Bromhal, head of a sustainability unit in the Department of Energy (DOE) said at the April 29 session. “(We) develop these to significantly reduce the amount of material we take out of the ground, the amount of water, the amount of emissions, the amount of energy.”
The panel, moderated by The Northern Miner’s editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate, also heard from Zach Valdez, a strategic advisor on government infrastructure. Valdez said one of his team’s main roles is receiving pitches from industry on tech related to processing and refining, figuring out how to scale the technology after it’s been demonstrated.
Othon Monteiro, technology-to-market advisor with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy of the DOE, said his group works with companies on early-stage technologies that can have an impact in a short period of time. One of its newest programs is the decarbonization of iron and steel-making.
The summit ran in coordination with Precious Metals Summit Conferences. Watch the full discussion below.
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