A French startup is extracting nickel without digging a single hole. Using plants that absorb metal through their roots, they've successfully harvested nickel in just a few months—leaving the soil intact and ecosystems untouched. It's phytomining, and it could change how we source rare metals.

#Phytomining #GreenTech #SustainableMining #Nickel #Innovation #France

Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" of these minerals called #phytomining.

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-chinese-team-fern-rare-earth.html

#RareEarthElements
#REEs
#ferns

#Phytomining: Mit Blumen wertvolle #Metalle gewinnen

Die Nachfrage nach Nickel für Batterien steigt enorm. Doch der Bergbau verursacht große Umweltschäden. Pflanzen könnten dabei helfen, Nickel und andere Rohstoffe aus dem Boden zu gewinnen und Flächen zu entgiften.
https://www.dw.com/de/rohstoffgewinnung-durch-pflanzen-boden-engiften-e-auto-elektromobilit%C3%A4t-nickel-batterien-bergbau/a-74313088

Chinese team finds a fern that makes rare earth elements

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-chinese-team-fern-rare-earth.html

> Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" of these minerals called phytomining.

#phytomining #greenmining

#FunFactFriday: Seaweed could be the answer to the critical mineral bottleneck that the future faces, on top of its potential uses for the biofuel and fertilizer markets. Is science getting lost in the weeds, or should we sea where this goes? News Source: https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/07/critical-minerals-bottleneck-unblocked-by-weed-seaweed-that-is/

#Biofuel #Phytomining