Aluminum production generates vast amounts of toxic red mud, approximately 180 million tonnes annually. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung have devised a groundbreaking ...

Aluminum is everywhere! From the cans we drink from to the airplanes soaring in the sky, it’s a metal we can’t do without. Evidently, the demand for aluminum is rising, but it’s causing concern.

When the dam burst, it unleashed a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that wiped out the village of Bento Rodrigues. It also polluted the Rio Doce river and Atlantic Ocean 650km away, devastating ...