energyrocks

SERIOUS POWER, SERIOUSLY CLEAN

What can be more elusive a concept than that of abundant affordable alternative clean electricity, particularly one derived from genuine net energy gain non-fossil fuel feedstock?

The single dominant issue in environmental economics is Mining Industry’s legacy of deleterious pollutants; acid mine drainage & toxic tailings. Hundreds of millions of tonnes of iron bearing residues have been discarded from activities related to the mining industry worldwide past present and… very likely future. Production of concentrates from sulphide ores produces acid-generating tailings, which must be managed in perpetuity. In the alumina industry, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually to manage red mud, an iron residue generated from the Bayer process. Iron disposal not only represents a cost that impacts upon the bottom line, it carries social and environmental consequences as well. Mine tailings degrade land and water resources. Energyrocks harnesses innovative green processes to treat these tailings and produce clean usable electricity in a manner that eliminates the contamination at its source. It does so by eradicating the acid generating potential of the tailings and converting the contained iron into a very pure hematite (Fe2O3), which can be marketed as iron ore. Residual base metals and precious metals are also recovered for by-product credit, accompanied by subsequent net energy gain.