Engagement
An initiative driven by stakeholders
A primary objective of EMRTAI is to provide information that meets the needs of diverse stakeholders. EMRTAI products are intended to be resource documents that can be used for decision-making in the management of mining-influenced water and waste materials such as chat, tailings, waste rock, slag, and contaminated soils and sediment.
Learn from our Technology Assessments
Recovery of critical minerals from mining influenced water
A DRAFT of the General Protocol for guiding this category of technology is now available. Round 1 of technology assessments kick-offs in October 2025. Key metrics for assessing technologies include percent recovery of target critical minerals, purity of target minerals in recovery products, treatment of contaminants of concern, characterization of waste materials produced and solutions to be discharged, amongst many other aspects of the operation of the technology. Recovery of critical minerals from solid mine waste
Characterization of critical minerals in solid mine waste
The General Protocol for guiding technology assessments to evaluate field-portable x-ray fluorescence to screen solid mining and mineral waste materials is now available. A technology assessment is scheduled for November 2025.
Serve on a Technical Panel
Subject Matter Experts in mining, mine remediation, and/or critical minerals monitoring and recovery technologies can serve on Technical Panels, which will provide guidance in developing assessment protocols that align with key performance criteria. Technical experts also support the development of summary reports for the stakeholder community at large through peer review.
More information
Attend a Stakeholder Group Meeting
The EMRTAI’s Stakeholder Group meets quarterly and is always open to membership by interested stakeholders in all parts of mining and legacy mine site remediation.
The next Stakeholder Group Meeting is on January 27, 2026
Reach Out About Technology Development
The EMRTAI is interested in new opportunities to advance technologies that characterize and/or recover critical minerals. If you have a technology that the Initiative is not currently soliciting applications for, or if you manage a legacy mine site and would like to have the EMRTAI do work at your site, please reach out!
