A review on the impact of mining and mineral processing industries through life cycle assessment

SH Farjana, N Huda, MAP Mahmud, R Saidur - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper analysed and summarised the significant research outputs published on the
environmental impact assessment of mining and mineral processing industries through life …

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in rare earth magnets production: A review on state of the art and SWOT analysis

MC Bonfante, JP Raspini, IB Fernandes… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Rare Earth Magnets (REM), especially the NdFeB type, are essential components
in high-performance electric motors and wind turbines, playing an important role in the shift …

Quantification of energy and carbon costs for mining cryptocurrencies

MJ Krause, T Tolaymat - Nature Sustainability, 2018 - nature.com
There are now hundreds of cryptocurrencies in existence and the technological backbone of
many of these currencies is blockchain—a digital ledger of transactions. The competitive …

Disruption risks to material supply chains in the electronics sector

S Althaf, CW Babbitt - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Electronic products are an essential part of modern society, but their importance has
perhaps never been as palpable as when the COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every …

Rare earth and financial markets: Dynamics of return and volatility connectedness around the COVID-19 outbreak

Y Song, E Bouri, S Ghosh, K Kanjilal - Resources Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the return and volatility connectedness between the rare earth stock
market and clean energy markets, world equity, base metals, gold, and crude oil. Using daily …

[HTML][HTML] Global energy consumption of the mineral mining industry: Exploring the historical perspective and future pathways to 2060

E Aramendia, PE Brockway, PG Taylor… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the future environmental impacts of copper production in China: Implications of the energy transition

D Dong, L van Oers, A Tukker, E van der Voet - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Copper demand in China is expected to grow considerably over the coming decades,
driving energy use and environmental impacts related to copper production. To explore the …

Growing global copper resources, reserves and production: Discovery is not the only control on supply

GM Mudd, SM Jowitt - Economic Geology, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Copper is vital to modern life and has an often-irreplaceable role in everyday infrastructure
and technology. However, while the planet's Cu endowment is finite, global Cu production …

Magnetic refrigeration design technologies: State of the art and general perspectives

A Alahmer, M Al-Amayreh, AO Mostafa, M Al-Dabbas… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnetic refrigeration is a fascinating superior choice technology as compared with
traditional refrigeration that relies on a unique property of particular materials, known as the …

The implications of material and energy efficiencies for the climate change mitigation potential of global energy transition scenarios

A Elshkaki - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Limiting global warming well below 2° C requires substantial increase in the installation of
low-carbon electricity generation technologies (EGTs). EGTs however require several critical …