Decarbonising transport is proving to be one of today's major challenges for the global
automotive industry due to many factors such as the increase in greenhouse gas and …

The concept of the 4th industrial revolution is becoming a strategic determinant of
sustainability, success and competitiveness in the modern mining sector. The importance of …

Future global copper demand is expected to keep rising due to copper's indispensable role
in modern technologies. Unfortunately, increasing copper extraction and decreasing ore …

The concept of “peak oil” has been explored and debated extensively within the literature.
However there has been comparatively little research examining the concept of “peak …

Today's global society is economically, socially and culturally dependent on minerals and
metals. While metals are recyclable, terrestrial mineral deposits are by definition 'non …

Low-carbon energy systems are more metal-intensive than traditional energy systems.
Concerns have been expressed that this may hamper the transition to a low-carbon …

This article aims to assess the impact of copper availability on the energy transition and to
determine whether copper could become critical due to the high copper content of low …

To ensure photovoltaics become a major sustainable player in a competitive power-
generation market, they must provide abundant, affordable electricity, with environmental …

Some strategic raw materials do have an extremely unsecure supply situation. Several
working groups around the world have made criticality assessments for metallic raw …

The re-processing of mine tailings to obtain critical raw materials (CRMs) could reduce the
mining of new deposits as well as ensure the profitable use of the waste materials. Though …