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| DOI | 10.1680/jenge.23.00062 |
| Sustainability challenges of critical minerals for clean energy technologies: copper and rare earths | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 2051-803X |
| 英文摘要 | The transition to a clean energy economy in an effort to mitigate climate change has brought the need for intense mining exploration of a critical class of minerals, previously mined and used at a fraction of what is required today and for the upcoming decades. For some common metals, such as copper, major deficits are forecasted to 2030, and for some less common, such as rare earths, mined quantities have currently increased 32 times relative to the mid-1950s, and are expected to increase sevenfold from current levels by 2040. This situation is expected to become more severe given the long timespan needed for exploration of new sites, the declining ore grade of existing mines, the geographical distribution of these minerals, and the environmental degradation caused by mining and mineral processing activities. It becomes, hence critical to vastly improve existing mining operations, reduce waste volumes and fresh water use, reduce environmental impacts, and recover increased quantities of minerals from mine tailings, as well as from the recycling of post-production products. The current article focuses on copper and rare earths to expound on their exploitation issues, their processes, the sustainable utilization of mineral waste and tailings, and their recovery from end-of-life consumer and industrial items. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Engineering |
| WOS类目 | Engineering, Geological |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001141969300001 |
| 来源期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/294815 |
| 作者单位 | Abu Dhabi University; Indian Institute of Technology System (IIT System); Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Bombay; Trinity College Dublin; Zayed University; United Arab Emirates University; National Civil Engineering Laboratory; La Trobe University; Nanyang Technological University; Abu Dhabi University |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Sustainability challenges of critical minerals for clean energy technologies: copper and rare earths[J],2024. |
| APA | (2024).Sustainability challenges of critical minerals for clean energy technologies: copper and rare earths.ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS. |
| MLA | "Sustainability challenges of critical minerals for clean energy technologies: copper and rare earths".ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS (2024). |
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