deep-sea miningenvironmental issuesAs terrestrial mineral deposits are either depleting or of low grade, minerals from the deep-sea like the polymetallic nodules, cobalt rich crusts and polymetallicsulfides are considered as alternative sources for metals such as Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, that could ...
The paper presents a unique case study of the resource and environmental sustainability of the Australian gold mining sector with major implications for sustainability policy and reporting. Introduction There is perhaps no other industrial endeavour that has had such a profound effect on Australia as ...
Mineral Resources and Sustainability Issues Our heavy dependence on mineral resources presents humanity with some difficult challenges related to sustainability, including how to cope with finite supplies and how to mitigate the enormous environmental impacts of mining and pr...
The Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Pubmed databases were used with the following predefined search terms: Africa; artisanal small-scale gold mining; artisanal gold mining; environmental pollution; heavy metals; human exposure; health impacts; and names of African countries where ASGM is known t...
from cars to cell phones. While batteries may be seen as a greener alternative to fossil fuels, their production and disposal can still have negative environmental impacts. In particular, the mining and processing of materials used in batteries, such as lith...
Green technology requires energy storage. New battery technologies such as hydrogen-powered ones are being explored. Some of them focus on replacing some of the metals and minerals obtained by mining. Li-ion battery technologies that depend on lithium, copper, aluminum, graphite, and cobalt, nickel...
In the past, mining-related debates about environmental impacts, local development pathways, and the sharing of burdens and profits have mostly been limited to a local level. However, these days, downstream enterprises are increasingly challenged to take responsibilities for their mineral supply chains...
Human rights, social development and the mining and metals industry This is one of a series of publications commissioned by ICMM to highlight the sector's role in modern society. There is international consensus that busine... ICOM& Metals - 《International Council on Mining & Metals》 被引量...
2.35.). Their composition includes both the main elements of the deposit and a whole series of accessory elements – mercury, lead, zinc, copper, cadmium, arsenic, silver, fluorine, bismuth, cobalt, indium, selenium, tellurium, iron, and sulfur – currently held to be ecologically toxic and ...
EIA is also an important mechanism for the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the body governing deep-sea mining (DSM) at the seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction (‘the Area’). Through EIA, the ISA and its member states can operationalise several of their key obligations, such ...