Melissa Zhang: Decarbonizing Mining and Recovering Metals for Energy Transition
Melissa: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Electrifying all cars, batteries, and buildings to fight the climate crisis requires a 30x increase in metals mined. For every one gram of copper we mine, 99 grams of toxic waste is produced. What if we can turn this waste—the size of New York City and the height of One World Trade—into a useful tool to fight climate change? This is not just any waste. RockFix understands that the chemical properties of this mine waste enables it to capture and store carbon dioxide, safely and forever. We are a team of mining engineers, chemists, geologists, and policymakers committed to scaling this solution to every mine in the world so that no waste is wasted. Let’s unlock the massive carbon removing potential of mining!