Skip to content
Better HN
Top
Best
Ask
Show
New
Jobs
Search
⌘K
0 points
wongarsu
4mo ago
0 comments
Save
Share
Which comes back around to logistics and scale: refining ore is cheap because ore is delivered on multiple 300t haul trucks or in giant trains
0 comments
1 comments · 1 top-level
top
newest
oldest
frankus
4mo ago
I wonder if part of it is also that mining companies are generally allowed to just leave their tailings in a big pile near the mine rather than have to responsibly dispose of the majority of the ore that has no (or negative) commercial value.
j
/
k
navigate · click thread line to collapse
