MIT Global Summit on Mine Tailings Innovation

Increasing demand for metals will lead to more mine waste being produced. Exploring breakthrough solutions to help significantly reduce tailings waste is critical to improving the sustainability of the industry.

The MIT Global Summit on Mine Tailings Innovation is a first of its kind conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with ICMM to convene researchers, industry experts, innovators and start-ups, manufacturers, and government and regulatory officials around a single goal: accelerating the development of solutions to Re-use, Re-duce and Re-imagine mine tailings.

The two-day conference will be held on the MIT campus from September 19-20, 2024. Interested participants are encouraged to register for the conference, apply for speaking opportunities, or join our mail-list to receive more information as the conference develops. Speakers and agenda TBA.

Please feel free to reach out to the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative at esi-mine@mit.edu with any questions.

About the Program on Mining and the Circular Economy from the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI)

MIT ESI's Program on Mining and the Circular Economy recognizes that countries across the globe are working to mitigate and adapt to climate change through infrastructural development that depends on the extraction and processing of natural resources like lithium, cobalt, copper, iron, and nickel. Yet, they also know that mines carry their own environmental and social harms, especially at the local level in the areas in which they operate. The program grapples with these contradictions through rigorous research and public outreach with stakeholders such as mining companies, governments, NGOs, and community organizations.

About ICMM

ICMM is a unique industry body. They exist not to serve the commercial interests of their members, as you might expect from a ‘trade association’. Instead, they are a global leadership organisation for sustainable development, judging success by their contribution to creating a safe, just, and sustainable world through responsibly produced metals and minerals.