{"692069":{"#nid":"692069","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Kaolin Tailings Are Georgia\u2019s Hidden Gateway to Critical Minerals in AI Era","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOnce considered waste, these are the equivalent of shale for the Peach State and are essential for advanced technologies and energy systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2026-08-27 16:22:47","changed_gmt":"2026-08-27 16:27:57","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/2025\/12\/kaolin-tailings-are-georgias-hidden-gateway-to-critical-minerals-in-ai-era\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[{"id":"194836","name":"Sustainability"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}