Underground drilling - electrifying possibilities

With the rapidly growing demand for metals comes increased attention to the environmental effects of their extraction. Signe Hansen looks at some of the current and future underground drilling technologies developed to enable cleaner and more energy-efficient extraction.

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13 August 2021
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With an increasing demand for sustainable technologies and metals many such technologies rely on, the need for more sustainable methods of metal extraction has become widely recognised.

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