Companies team up to trial Miscanthus on mine tailings

In Missouri, Doe Run Company is participating in a pilot project with MFA Oil Biomass LLC and Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) to help transform mine tailings sites into potential biofuel crop sites. In April, Doe Run planted a test plot of 11 acres of Miscanthus grass at the company’s current Viburnum, Mo., Mine 28 tailings site. If the test plot grows successfully, Doe Run intends to plant additional acres next year at other closed tailings sites.