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Solar panels and electric cars come with their own environmental trade-offs like increased mining and extraction.
Canada could become a global leader in the supply of materials needed for renewable energy systems if it finds ways to control the environmental footprints associated with their extraction.
Rare-earth metals are currently mined or recovered via e-waste recycling — methods with drawbacks including high cost, environmental damage, and risks to human safety. This is where we come in.
Iron fights anemia. Bismuth relieves gastric problems. Lithium acts against depression and gold can treat rheumatoid arthritis. Metals are precious tools for good health.
Other economic collapses have affected the mining industry, but the one spurred by the coronavirus pandemic is unusual.
The digital economy is taking off. So are the greenhouse gas emissions, electronic waste and pollution associated with it.
Companies are developing technologies to mine the deep sea, but environmental regulations have yet to be finalized.
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EY Distinguished Scholar in Global Mining Futures, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
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Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
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PhD in International Relations (International Political Economy of Mining), Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor and Head of Department of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia
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Professeur émérite en ressources minérales, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professeur des universités, laboratoire GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine
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Professeur, Laboratoire GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine
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Associate Professor, Rock Mechanics, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Brighton
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, UCL
