Meanwhile, the environmental impact of recycling cobalt using the combined treatment process is low. The environmental impact of mining cobalt from mines is about 4.03鈥 41.53 times that of recycling cobalt from cobaltiferous waste materials. However, the overall cobalt recycling is not ideal. First...
The environmental impacts of cobalt extraction are quantifiable, with individuals living near cobalt mining areas having elevated levels of cobalt-related contaminants in their systems. Industrial environments show even higher levels of these contaminants. Additionally, the scarcity and value of cobalt have...
The mining of coltan has also faced scrutiny for environmental and ethical reasons, particularly in African countries where the mineral is abundant. 8 While cobalt is a pure element, coltan is a composite mineral. Alloys containing cobalt have high-temperature stability and corrosion resistance, ...
Pourret O, Lange B, Bonhoure J, Colinet G, Decrée S, Mahy G, Séleck M, Shutcha M, Faucon M-P (2016) Assessment of soil metal distribution and environmental impact of mining in Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo). Appl Geochem 64:43–55 Article CAS Google Scholar Reeves RD, Ba...
Tesla has joined the Fair Cobalt Alliance, a group dedicated to the development of fair cobalt by ensuring responsible mining practices and challenging investments into mine improvements. The organization also aims to minimize the environmental impact of cobalt mining and create decent working conditions...
The environmental impact from the implementation of mining processes is one of the biggest challenges to make these processes viable. However, recycling processes also have environmental impacts, whether through consumptions of energy, water, and other inputs. In this research the environmental impacts...
In the current study, an environmental benign process namely mechanochemical approach was developed for cobalt and lithium recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The main merit of the process was that neither corrosive acid nor strong oxidant was applied. In the proposed process, lithium...
ABDU,... - 《Environmental Science & Technology》 被引量: 22发表: 2009年 Impact of ground water - surface water interactions on pore-water and solid sediment phase composition of an acidic mining lake Biogeochemical processes in lake sediments are influenced by diffusive and advective supply of ...
"I think this material could have a big impact because it works really well," says Mircea Dincă, the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT. "It is already competitive with incumbent technologies, and it can save a lot of the cost and pain and environmental issues related to mining the...
Letter expresses concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact September 11 2023 Masters in Management Teaching case: Digging into the ethics of cobalt mining As demand grows for the material used in batteries, this MBA-style case study explores ethical dilemmas over unregulated mines in...