Critical mineral demand estimates for low-carbon technologies: What do they tell us and how can they evolve?

JL Calderon, NM Smith, MD Bazilian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The transition to low-carbon energy systems will increase demand for a range of critical
minerals and metals. As a result, several quantitative demand models have been developed …

Reviewing the material and metal security of low-carbon energy transitions

JL Calderon, M Bazilian, B Sovacool, K Hund… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global transition to a low-carbon economy will involve changes in material markets and
supply chains on a hitherto unknown scale and scope. With these changes come numerous …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

Volatility in mineral resource pricing causes ecological footprints: a cloud on the horizon

X Yang, MK Anser, Z Yusop, S Abbas, MA Khan… - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Mineral resource extraction and depletion dominate the resource conservation agenda,
previously controlled by socioeconomic and environmental factors in various economic …

Technological change in critical metallic mineral sub-sectors and its impacts on mineral supply: Evidence from China

Y Song, S Ruan, J Cheng, Y Zhang - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ensuring the supply of critical metallic mineral is vital to addressing climate issues, and
technological change is recognized as an important way to effectively improve the supply of …

[PDF][PDF] Copper and Aluminium as Economically Imperfect Substitutes, Production and Price Development.

V BARTOŠ, M Vochozka… - Acta Montanistica …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Copper and aluminium prices have long been influenced mainly by non-renewable
resources and the industry's widespread use of copper and aluminium for their desired …

[HTML][HTML] Rhenium mineral resources: A global assessment

TT Werner, GM Mudd, SM Jowitt, D Huston - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Rhenium (Re) is essential to modern transportation because of its key role in the aerospace
and petrochemical sectors and has been assessed as critical due to its complex supply …

A digital product passport for critical raw materials reuse and recycling

RHEM Koppelaar, S Pamidi, E Hajósi, L Herreras… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The reuse and recycling of critical raw materials is limited, as waste electrical and electronic
recycling focuses on base and precious metals, and device component reuse is in its …

Sustainability in the minerals industry: Seeking a consensus on its meaning

J Segura-Salazar, LM Tavares - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sustainability science has received progressively greater attention worldwide, given the
growing environmental concerns and socioeconomic inequity, both largely resulting from a …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the adequacy of the global land-based mine development pipeline in the light of future high-demand scenarios: The case of the battery-metals …

W Heijlen, G Franceschi, C Duhayon, K Van Nijen - Resources Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The electrical vehicle (EV) boom forecasted for the next decades raises questions on the
mining industry's ability to provide enough battery-metals, such as nickel and cobalt, needed …