Recycling WRD industry
Unlock Energy Potential in Mining Waste Streams
Predict and harness hydrogen generated by water-rock interactions in mining waste, enabling new clean energy opportunities and resource valorization.
Needs
- Cost reduction: Generate renewable hydrogen on-site to power mining operations and reduce reliance on external energy sources.
- Waste valorization: Convert mining waste into a valuable resource, lowering environmental impact and improving sustainability metrics.
current situation
- Mining operations worldwide generate vast quantities of waste rock, typically considered non-economic and left as environmental liabilities.
- These waste rock dumps (WRDs) often contain iron-rich minerals capable of reacting with circulating groundwater.
- Such water–rock reactions, common in ultramafic and mafic geological settings, can produce natural hydrogen — a clean energy source.
- Despite their potential, WRDs remain largely unassessed for hydrogen generation, meaning a significant renewable energy opportunity is currently overlooked.
- The industry lacks digital tools or simulation platforms to model the rate, extent, or feasibility of hydrogen production from these materials.
Our solution
HyReveal provides a digital twin solution that models the hydrogen generation potential of mining waste. By combining geological, geochemical, and environmental data, it enables operators to assess, quantify, and optimize the capacity of their waste materials to produce clean, local energy—turning a liability into a valuable, low-carbon asset.
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