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Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
One study found a zinc-containing gel stopped symptoms of thrush in the majority of women.
Since the 1990s, transnational corporations have once again become the dominant force as owners and managers of major mining projects.
While chlorine plays a role in making your hair appear green, there’s actually another main culprit – copper.
The common timber treatment CCA is made up of heavy metals copper, chromium and arsenic. They don’t decompose and leach into soil and water. Why does New Zealand still allow its use?
The current energy transition could herald a new copper world. But will it be a long-anticipated resource blessing or yet another global scramble for the precious metal?
In the Copperbelt the category of ‘expatriate’ recreated a dual wage structure that still persists.
Simple economic modelling shows the mining industry would benefit from a carbon tax.
Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they’re unlikely to aid its economy now.
Using geology and AI, a virtual model of how the Earth’s tectonic plates have evolved can help reveal deposits of copper.
Unless mining is done differently, rushing to bring copper mines into production could unleash unacceptable, catastrophic impacts.
Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.
In reacting to the pandemic, architecture can reclaim its impact by conceding its loss of connection with public health, looking beyond Western thinking for its references.
The Trump administration is supporting new mines in Alaska and Minnesota that many opponents say could devastate sensitive areas around them.
Huon pines in Tasmania have locked up significant amounts of mercury pollution from the state’s mining industrial history. And that can be released back to the atmosphere in bushfires.
The deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines didn’t take into account how the Congolese people would benefit.
The fossil fuel era won’t last forever. And a new set of countries will find their reserves of lithium, copper and rare earth metals are in high demand.
West Africa has lessons to learn from its ancient empires and colonial governments on regional trade and integration.
In the decades ahead, our mineral supply will still need to double or triple to meet the demand for electric vehicles and other renewable energy technology.
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Researcher, Leiden University
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Principle Research Scientist Materials Science and Engineering, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Finance, The University of Western Australia
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Laser scientist, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Photon Science and of Applied Physics, Stanford University
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Professor of Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Australian National University
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