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“The transition to greener technologies hinges on copper's availability. It's a paradox of needing more copper to reduce our carbon footprint while grappling with the environmental consequences of its extraction. The tale of copper serves as a reminder of the delicate balance we must maintain in utilizing our planet's resource.” Ed Conway Material World. Tersa Earth is a solution to finding that balance. Learn more #sustainability #mining #cooper #criticalminerals #innovation #technology

The economic transition away from fossil fuels has created a surge in demand for critical minerals. However, reckless mining practices pose environmental risks. Luckily, artificial intelligence could be the solution. AI-powered exploration can help us find new sources of critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel more efficiently and with less environmental degradation. 🌍 Curious about the cutting-edge fusion of core scanning and AI? Connect with us at GeologicAI for a deeper dive! #Sustainability #CriticalMinerals #GeologicAI #EconomicTransition #FossilFuels #MiningConcerns #CoreScanning #AIIntegration

What impact does mining have towards a sustainable future? Mining is something that is not very top of mind for me in my typical day-to-day, despite the privileges and comforts metals provide (e.g. my iPhone). So not only was this event extremely insightful and thought provoking, it was a good reminder! Thank you to Kookai Chaimahawong and the Centre for Climate and Business Solutions (CCBS) for enabling some profound ideas and discussions to take place. 👏👏👏 A couple insights from the speakers that resonated with me: 💡 Mining minerals and metals is key to the clean energy transition and enabling innovations, but current climate change realities are making mining harder to do and might contribute to more emissions. For example, water scarcity in mining communities causes a new constraint. And the only option is to desalinate ocean water and pump it in, which is energy intensive. Water problems are becoming energy problems. 💡To improve the future of mining, we need more generalists - people who go beyond specialized, technical skills in mining engineering to become more involved in operations and policy. With more who are willing to take the generalist path, we can get more broad-scale thinking and questioning needed for a more sustainable future.

How can you reduce #carbon emissions and drive #sustainability at your #mine site? My colleagues Carl Kopke and Stephen Beamond explore #decarbonization solutions in the mining industry.

🆕 New Report: 'The Climate Myth of Deep Sea Mining.' 🌐 🌊Mining companies claim that mining polymetallic nodules could be a low-carbon alternative to mining on land. However, our report delves into the complexities, revealing a marked variation in the estimated climate impacts of deep-sea nodules compared to land ores. 🔍 Key Findings: - Only three academic studies assess the climate impact of copper, cobalt, nickel, and ferromanganese from polymetallic nodules and land ores. - Their results vary significantly, with deep-sea nodules potentially having 28% higher or 76% lower climate impact than land ores. - Over 70% of greenhouse gas emissions for both land and deep-sea mining come from energy-intensive metallurgical processing. 🌍 The report urges financial institutions to support a moratorium on deep sea mining and encourages decarbonization efforts in terrestrial mining. 📥 Download the full report 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXc9Zw64 #DeepSeaMining #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalImpact #PlanetTracker

Mining makes life. Today's modern world would be a much different world without mining. Technological progress, our advances in health care, & emerging environmental clean energy technology are made possible by today's mining. IF IT CAN'T BE GROWN IT MUST BE MINED!

**Exploring the Depths of Green Transition: Insights from "The War Below"** There is an intricate balance between the pursuit of essential minerals for green energy and the profound challenges of mining. These minerals, pivotal for technologies like electric vehicles, are at the heart of our energy transition, yet their extraction raises significant environmental, cultural, and geopolitical concerns. The demand for copper alone is set to match the total produced throughout history in the next 25 years. This stark statistic underscores the urgent need for a sustainable approach to mineral extraction. The question of where these minerals are mined—domestically or abroad—brings forward concerns about national security, environmental impact, and the geopolitical chess game of resource control. Scheyder's exploration goes beyond the surface, presenting the complex web of values and interests that intersect in the mining debate. From the protection of unique natural habitats to the economic aspirations of local communities, "The War Below" invites readers to navigate the moral and practical dilemmas of supporting green energy while safeguarding our planet and its cultures. #GreenEnergy #SustainableMining #mining #copper #EnergyTransition

Mining is one of the oldest industries on Earth. With activity stretching back as many as 40,000 years, human advancement is closely correlated to our relationship with metals and minerals. Indeed, modern society has been made possible through the extraction of metals and the ages this work has ushered in, from the historic Bronze Age to the more recent Industrial Revolution. Now, 54 years after the inaugural Earth Day, the world is preparing for the green energy transition. And as this essential shift moves forward, metals are again playing an integral role in achieving the ambitious goals set globally. #rawmaterials #CRM #mining

MINING WASTE 🔎 Did you know that Geoscience Australia's Atlas of Mine Waste identifies 1,050 sites as possible sources of critical minerals? Australia’s 2022 National Waste Report showed that the country’s mining sector generated 620 megatons of waste in 2020-2021. While today it may be viewed as a liability, mining waste presents a major opportunity, containing significant concentrations of highly sought-after critical metals including cobalt, vanadium, gallium, germanium, tantalum, indium, and rare earth elements. By adopting a circular economy approach to recover and circulate materials, today's "waste" could become tomorrow's resources; supplementing future critical minerals demand while reducing the environmental impacts of the resources sector. "There is no such thing as waste- only wasted opportunity" - UN Environmental Programme #circulareconomy #miningwaste

#Criticalminerals are crucial for technology and a #greeneconomy - but difficult to access due to depleted deposits and the industry's highly publicized eco-social issues. MistyWest hosted a #VancouverHardwareMeetup in November to discuss mining's innovation barriers and societal perceptions, and we share the key takeaways from the discussion in this blog post. https://lnkd.in/e7SXTu48