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The stable outlook reflects S&P Global Ratings’ expectation that Compass Minerals’ leverage will remain elevated in the 6x-7x range over the next 12 months as the company deals with lower-margin ...

It is able to store 1,500 megawatt-hours of energy by compressing air into a massive abandoned underground salt mine in Yingcheng City, Hubei. When needed, the compressed air is released to spin an ...

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Pretty much everyone eats salt, every day, and it’s different now. Yet even kosher salt’s most fervent converts may not entirely understand how it’s different. Kosher salt, like all salt ...

Designed to be buried or hidden on the ground, anti-personnel mines often mutilate victims who are not immediately killed, with aid groups decrying their long-term impact on civilians. Follow our ...

Arca scientist working on ultramafic mine tailings at a mine site in Australia. Photo credit: Arca Climate Technologies. A multibillion–dollar opportunity awaits that could strengthen mining’s ...

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The South African mining industry, once one of the most productive on the continent, is now in its death throes, leaving behind more than 6,000 abandoned mines, unemployed mine workers and ...