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Marion Rae

BHP nickel mine to trial 'air-to-rock' carbon trap

A trial to clean up the extraction of nickel is the first such pilot project at an active mine. (Kim Christian/AAP PHOTOS)

BHP plans to keep critical mineral mines running without adding to emissions by capturing carbon from mine waste and turning it into rock.

Canadian carbon mineralisation company Arca announced on Wednesday a trial with BHP that will use tailings at the Mount Keith open pit nickel mine near Wiluna in Western Australia.

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