A review of circular economy strategies for mine tailings

Upgrading tailings as secondary raw materials for the ceramic industry. An upgrading of the mine tailings into secondary raw materials for the ceramics industry has been studied, e.g. as chemically bonded ceramics (Kinnunen et al., 2018), glass-ceramics utilizing sulphidic gold mine tailings (Shao et al., 2005) and Au–Cu tailings (Ye et al ...

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Raw materials associated with extractive industry: An …

The need to guarantee access to raw materials (RM) has stimulated EU policies to find alternative and integrative sources to exploit. RM can be recovered from anthropogenic deposits and from productive cycles, applying respectively landfill mining and circular economy approaches.

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Trends in global mineral and metal criticality: the need for

Geology explains the geography of the global mining industry, which is quite different from the geography of smelters and metal refineries, which much depends on the availability of cheap energy and of the needed qualified workforce. ... Minerals raw materials needed for the production of batteries and magnetic materials will be in very …

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Raw Materials Mining in Europe

RAW MATERIALS MINING IN EUROPE: RESPONSIBLE, NECESSARY AND READY TO DELIVER WHAT PATH TO RESPONSIBLE RAW MATERIALS? TURNING A BLIND EYE MINED IN EUROPE: 20-30 NEW STRATEGIC MINE PROJECTS BY 2030 Sustainable and prosperous European mining industry is ready to deliver on reinforced strategic …

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Waste management in the mining industry of metals ores…

1. Introduction. Currently, in the world, open-pit and underground mines actively operate to extract valuable metallic and energy resources (Radić et al., 2016).This paper focuses on six raw materials: copper, lead, zinc (metallic raw materials) and coal, crude oil, and natural gas (energy raw materials).

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Minerals in the future of Europe | Mineral Economics

According to that review, the raw material added value in the EU economy for that year was > 1.300 M€, the production value of EU domestic non-energy mining of raw materials (mainly construction minerals) was 45,000 M€ and the direct employment was around 500,000 (aggregates alone amount to 200,000) whilst the indirect …

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Frontiers | Sustainable Development in Mining Communities: …

There is a significant role for the mining and minerals industry to play in achieving the SDGs by providing raw materials for technological progress, economic growth and human development (Vidal et al., 2013; Elshkaki et al., 2016), by paying royalties and taxes which support national government efforts, by providing employment, …

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Understanding the Future of Critical Raw Materials for the …

How will the U.S. policies affect the prices of cobalt, lithium and nickel, key minerals for the energy transition? This study uses a structural VAR model to forecast …

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Creating the zero-carbon mine | McKinsey

The mining industry is at a tipping point where sustainability and decarbonization are top items on CEOs' agendas. To achieve a 1.5°C climate-change target by 2050, the mining industry will need to reduce direct CO 2 emissions to zero. Encouragingly, our analysis shows that solutions to decarbonize the majority of …

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Global energy consumption of the mineral mining industry: …

The mining industry globally is responsible for significant energy consumption, and is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. Considering that future mineral demand is likely to increase and that the final energy consumption per unit mass of mineral extracted (energy intensities of mining) is also forecast to increase as a …

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What is Raw Material? Formula, Types, & Importance

Direct vs indirect raw materials. Direct raw materialsThe primary component from which a finished product is made is called direct raw materials.For example, wood is a direct raw material from which furniture like chair, tables, bed, etc. are made.Another example is leather used for making purses, shoes, bags, etc. Indirect raw materialsOn the other …

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Mining industry and sustainable development: …

Mining industries provide many of the raw materials for equipment we use daily, from aluminum cans up to electronic chips of …

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Extractive industries and the environment: Production, pollution…

Estimates based on USGS data indicate that of the 100.6 billion metric tonnes of material used around the world in 2017, a full three-quarters came from mining operations (roughly half in the form of bulk materials for construction and mineral ores for agriculture, and another quarter in the form of fossil fuels and metals).

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Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future

We identify key sustainability challenges with practices used in industries that will supply the metals and minerals—including cobalt, copper, lithium, cadmium, and …

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Future availability of non-renewable metal resources and the …

Metal mining is essential to modern life and provides the raw materials that underpin modern society (for e.g. 1, 2) as well as being crucial in efforts towards …

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Supply Chain in Mining: The Race for Critical Raw Materials

The CRMA names 34 critical raw materials and 17 strategic raw materials. The agreement sets benchmarks for domestic extraction (10%), processing (40%) and recycling (25%). These benchmarks will put increased pressure on the mining and processing industry to ramp up their domestic production capabilities and revisit their …

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Mineral Demands for Resilient Semiconductor Supply Chains …

China's state-sponsored industrial policies, financing, and tax incentives have led to considerable political leverage worldwide over the raw materials required for semiconductor manufacturing; the country has positioned itself as the dominant supplier of raw material inputs for cutting-edge technology. Supply chains are fragile, especially ...

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Mining industry risks, and future critical minerals and …

There is growing need for mining industries and minerals dependent nations to mitigate risks. ... industry supply chain resilience to help mining firms and emerging markets nations to seamlessly deliver critical raw materials. In this critical review of literature, we substantiate and expand on the four dimensions of risk categorised as …

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If we want an energy transition, we must have more mining

The mining industry could learn a lot from the management of the Arctic fishery, where political and constituent support has been essential. ... The Arctic offers the raw materials we need to build a greener and cleaner future, but it would take some policy changes and local compromises to fully utilize the potential. I believe though, that if ...

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Chapter 11 Raw materials for aluminium production

Chapter 11 Raw materials for aluminium production This section gives a detailed overview of aluminium recycling with a brief introduction to primary aluminium …

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Understanding the Future of Critical Raw Materials for the …

The energy transition stands as a cornerstone in fighting climate change and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. This challenge requires the development and adoption of new technologies for energy generation, which will lead to a substantial increase in demand for critical raw materials (IEA, 2021).

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The minerals industry in the era of digital transition: An …

A sustainable supply of raw materials (metals and minerals) has become a significant concern to sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy. With the advent of the circular economy, raw materials, including those that are used in the high technology industries, can be sourced through recycling (Cisternas et al., 2021). …

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Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future

Many of the minerals and metals needed for low-carbon technologies are considered "critical raw materials" or "technologically critical elements," terms meant to capture the fact that they are not only of strategic or economic importance but also at higher risk of supply shortage or price volatility ().But their mining can produce grave social risks.

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Raw Materials: Definition, Accounting, and Direct vs. Indirect

Raw materials are the input goods or inventory that a company needs to manufacture its products. Examples of raw materials include steel, oil, corn, grain, gasoline, lumber, forest resources ...

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Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to …

Methane emissions from coal mining are well studied and expected to reach approximately 784 Mt of CO 2-equivalent (CO 2 e) by 2030 1.However, since coal mining itself is being directly targeted in ...

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Types of Industries: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary

Mining geologists, mining engineers, underground miners, and truck operators are common careers in the mining industry. 4. Forestry. Forestry is the act of planting and managing trees and forests. Forests are one of the abundant natural resources, supplying raw materials needed by various sectors and industries.

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New data regarding the identification of critical raw materials

The environmental quality is significantly affected by both historic mining activities and contemporary impacts (Banaduc et al. 2021).Nowadays, humanity is in a rush for raw materials, especially for the metals needed by modern technologies such as batteries and other components for cars, mobile phones, IT devices or the renewable …

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The raw-materials challenge: How the metals and mining …

The metals and mining sector will face a huge demand for raw materials to enable the net-zero economy, such as copper, nickel, lithium, and rare-earth metals. The report explores the supply-demand dynamics, price volatility, and technology shifts across different commodities and sectors.

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Innovations to decarbonize materials industries

We assess the potential for decarbonization in the cement, metals (including steel and aluminium) and chemicals manufacturing industries, including the potential to …

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Climate-Smart Mining: Minerals for Climate …

Overview. A new World Bank Group report, "Minerals for Climate Action: "The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition," finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could …

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Steel and raw materials

Raw materials in steelmaking Key raw materials needed in steelmaking include iron ore, coal, limestone and recycled steel. The two main steel production routes and their related inputs are: • Route 1: The integrated steelmaking route, based on the blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF), which uses raw materials including iron ore ...

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