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Assessing environmental, social, political and legal, and economic challenges for cobalt supply from new mining projects in Europe Open
Despite abundant cobalt resources in Europe, only Finland and Turkey currently extract this metal. This study examines challenges to new cobalt supply by comparing seven exploration projects and two operating mines in Finland, Norway, Swed…
View article: Timeline for establishing a circular economy for lithium-ion batteries
Timeline for establishing a circular economy for lithium-ion batteries Open
Electrification is a complex process with numerous stakeholders affecting circularity.
View article: 2024 roadmap for sustainable batteries
2024 roadmap for sustainable batteries Open
Modern batteries are highly complex devices. The cells contain many components—which in turn all have many variations, both in terms of chemistry and physical properties. A few examples: the active materials making the electrodes are coate…
Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities Open
Lithium is a critical raw material for the energy transition and the salar brine deposits of South America host ∼70% of global resources. However, there are concerns regarding water use, and the associated impacts, of lithium production fr…
Mapping the flows and stocks of permanent magnets rare earth elements for powering a circular economy in the UK Open
A transition towards renewable energy and transport electrification requires a high demand for rare earth elements (REE). China's dominance in REE makes the supply chains vulnerable for REE-consuming countries. The UK is one of the only th…
Fuelling the Foundation Industries: Discovering the Hidden Value of Mineral Waste in the UK Open
The Foundation Industries (FIs) (chemical, cement, ceramic, glass, metal, and paper sectors) are worth GBP 52 billion to the UK economy and produce 75% of its materials and 10% of its total CO2 emissions. The UK extractive industry annuall…
View article: Mass-Balance-Consistent Geological Stock Accounting: A New Approach toward Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources
Mass-Balance-Consistent Geological Stock Accounting: A New Approach toward Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Open
Global resource extraction raises concerns about environmental pressures and the security of mineral supply. Strategies to address these concerns depend on robust information on natural resource endowments, and on suitable methods to monit…
Understanding the spatial variation in lithium concentration of high Andean Salars using diagnostic factors Open
Salars (basins of internal drainage) in the "Lithium Triangle" countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) hold >50 % of the global lithium resources within lithium-rich brines. Given the imperative for lithium production to enable the energy tr…
A bottom-up building stock quantification methodology for construction minerals using Earth Observation. The case of Hanoi Open
Increasing demand for significant volumes of construction materials, especially sand for use in concrete, in rapidly developing urban environments is becoming a significant socio-economic and environmental issue. The consumption of concret…
Decarbonising the automotive sector: a primary raw material perspective on targets and timescales Open
Decarbonisation of the automotive sector will require increased amounts of raw materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare earth elements. Consequently, it is crucial to assess whether supply will be able to meet forecast demand wit…
View article: Cobalt deportment and supply potential from ore and mine waste of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in Europe
Cobalt deportment and supply potential from ore and mine waste of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in Europe Open
Cobalt is an essential raw material for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).Europe aims to become the world leader in battery production while also developing its own integrated value chain for EVs including mine producti…
Using Earth Observation to track lithium movements in the Salar de Uyuni region, Bolivia Open
<p>The increasing global effort to overcome the reliance on fossil fuels is driving the demand for &#8216;green&#8217; metals such as lithium. This study aims to develop a repeatable and seamless workflow to track the mass of…
Using Satellite Data to Analyse Raw Material Consumption in Hanoi, Vietnam Open
In this work, we provide an innovative route for analysing urban expansion and population growth and their link to the consumption of construction materials by combining satellite data with material consumption analysis within the Hanoi Pr…
Platinum Demand and Potential Bottlenecks in the Global Green Transition: A Dynamic Material Flow Analysis Open
Platinum, as a key catalytic material, is important for the global green transition due both to its current main use in autocatalysts and its increasing use in emerging and renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells and electrolyzers…