What If We Treated Waste Like Ore with Anita Parbhakar-Fox

What if we treated mine waste with the same curiosity and rigor as the orebody itself? This month on GeOCHemISTea, Sam sits down with Dr. Anita Parbhakar-Fox to talk about rethinking mine waste across the life of mine. From environmental geometallurgy and waste characterization to valorization, closure planning, and the push toward net-zero mine waste, Anita challenges us to stop seeing waste as an afterthought. Plus, over tea, we dig into the geoscience skills shortage, the pressures facing educators, and why inspiring the next generation requires supporting the people teaching them. For this episode we read: Action Versus Reaction: How Geometallurgy Can Improve Mine Waste Management Across the Life-Of-Mine (Parbhakar-Fox and Baumgartner, 2023)War on mine waste (Parbhakar-Fox, 2023) MIWATCH Blog