{"id":18169,"date":"2019-07-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/inrs-joins-forces-with-canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T15:20:15","slug":"inrs-joins-forces-with-canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/inrs-joins-forces-with-canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"INRS joins forces with Canadian universities against greenhouse gas emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A team at INRS led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/research\/professors\/louis-cesar-pasquier\/\">Louis-C\u00e9sar Pasquier<\/a> will take part in a pan-Canadian research project that combats greenhouse gas emissions by trapping carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) in mine tailings, the waste left over from ore mining.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:43% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_01-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_01-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The project led by the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with the University of Alberta, Trent University and INRS as well as three leading mining companies\u2014heads to the field this summer with a $2-million boost from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcan.gc.ca\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natural Resources Canada\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;(NRCan)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcan.gc.ca\/climate-change\/canadas-green-future\/clean-growth-programs\/20254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clean Growth Program<\/a>. The funding was announced this week in Yellowknife, N.W.T., as part of the program\u2019s investments into clean technology research and development in the Canadian mining sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a very important contribution to the development of future mining operations that are sustainable and carboneutral. My group is thrilled to participate in this project, which will allow a better understanding of the interactions between a flue (combustion) gas and mining residues in natural conditions,\u201d says Louis-C\u00e9sar Pasquier, assistant professor at INRS and a team member. \u201cThis is also a wonderful collaboration between research teams that will strengthen the expertise on mineral carbonation (storage of CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;into a rock or a solid form) in Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UBC-led project locks carbon dioxide in mine waste\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYtqYZs1pgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Vid\u00e9o produced by&nbsp;the University of British Columbia&nbsp;(UBC)<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The work of Pr. Pasquier and his colleagues could drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of mining operations and result in the world\u2019s first greenhouse gas neutral mine.&nbsp;The field trials build on more than a decade of research and will focus on new technologies that maximize the reaction between CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and magnesium silicate-rich mine tailings, the waste from mining nickel, diamond, platinum and others materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_02.png 700w, https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NEWS_INRS-joins-forceswith-Canadian-universities-against-greenhouse-gas-emissions_02-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Carbonated tailings.<em>&nbsp;Photo : Greg Dipple, UBC<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a natural process called carbon mineralization, CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;reacts with magnesium silicate and hydroxide minerals in tailings. The reaction traps the greenhouse gas into a solid, cement-like mineral, where it can remain in a benign state for thousands of years or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe estimate that reacting just 10 per cent of a mine\u2019s waste stream could be more than enough to offset the annual carbon emissions produced by a mining operation,\u201d explains Greg Dipple, project lead and professor at the Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM) at UBC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis generous funding from the government and support from our industry partners will allow us to move these technologies to a larger scale at active mine sites.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><cite>Greg Dipple<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Field trials will take place at the De Beers Group\u2019s Gahcho Ku\u00e9 Diamond Mine in N.W.T. this summer and at a prospective nickel mine in B.C. in 2020. They will be supported by an additional $1.2 million in funding from De Beers Group,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fpxnickel.com\/2019\/07\/fpx-nickel-supported-research-initiative-receives-government-grant-to-investigate-carbon-capture-and-storage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FPX Nickel Corp<\/a>, Giga Metals Corp and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geosciencebc.com\/new-mineral-research-to-show-potential-for-capturing-carbon-dioxide-in-rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geoscience B.C<\/a>. and is supported by the governments of B.C., Alberta, Yukon and N.W.T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the future, the team hopes to expand the technologies to include other types of rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information :&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.ubc.ca\/2019\/07\/23\/ubc-led-project-locks-carbon-dioxide-in-mine-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UBC Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team at INRS led by Louis-C\u00e9sar Pasquier will take part in a pan-Canadian research project that combats greenhouse gas emissions by trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) in mine tailings, the waste left over from ore mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"sectors":[729],"class_list":["post-18169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innover-a-linrs-en","sectors-environnement-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>INRS joins forces with Canadian universities against greenhouse gas emissions | INRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"div, .single_entry_text p, .single_entry_text li{ font-size: 14px !important; 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