The World's Deadliest Metal, Mercury, Neutralized by Revolutionary Green Olivine Technology

ALBANY, N.Y. - Oct. 24, 2025 - PRLog -- The world's oceans, our planet's shimmering lungs, have become silent repositories of poison. Mercury, the most treacherous of all metals, seeps through the currents, contaminating marine life and human bloodstreams alike. This invisible toxin, once prized for its beauty, now stands as a chilling emblem of industrial carelessness. But a groundbreaking discovery by Albanian Minerals offers hope: the natural green mineral olivine can permanently neutralize mercury, transforming the world's deadliest metal into harmless stone.

"Nature already gave us the antidote," says Sahit Muja, CEO of Albanian Minerals. "Olivine is the Earth's green guardian, a mineral that can cleanse the oceans, capture carbon, and restore balance."

Each year, more than 2,000 metric tons of mercury enter the environment from coal plants, gold mining, and industry. Once in the sea, bacteria convert it into methylmercury, a compound so toxic it accumulates a million-fold in fish and travels up the food chain to humans, damaging brains and nervous systems. It's a crisis that echoes through ecosystems and generations.

Olivine, a magnesium silicate abundant in Albania's mountains, holds the power to change that story. When exposed to water and carbon dioxide, olivine naturally reacts to capture CO₂, raise pH, and bind heavy metals. In these more alkaline conditions, mercury precipitates into inert mineral forms—mercury hydroxide (Hg(OH)₂), mercury carbonate (HgCO₃), and mercury sulfide (HgS)—permanently locking it away.

This is nature's own chemistry, weaponized for good. As olivine dissolves, it consumes acidity, releases essential minerals like magnesium and iron, and restores the ocean's natural equilibrium. "Every grain of olivine acts as a microscopic fortress," Muja explains. "It captures poison and releases life."

The implications are extraordinary. One ton of olivine can sequester one ton of carbon dioxide while simultaneously detoxifying water and soil. With billions of tons of high-grade olivine under stewardship, Albanian Minerals is pioneering a scalable, low-cost, and permanent environmental solution—one that merges geology, chemistry, and climate innovation.

In pilot projects along Albania's coastline, olivine is already being tested in marine environments. Waves accelerate its weathering, transforming the sea itself into a self-sustaining reactor of regeneration. The results are promising: rising alkalinity, lower mercury concentrations, and early signs of ecological recovery.

Beyond mercury, olivine can neutralize a spectrum of toxins including lead, cadmium, arsenic, and chromium, while enriching soils with nutrients vital to crops and aquatic life. "We are mining not for extraction, but for restoration," says Muja. "Our goal is to use the very stones of the Earth to heal the seas that sustain life."
If scaled globally, this technology could remove billions of tons of CO₂, restore acidified oceans, and eliminate mercury pollution at its root.

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