Impacts of metal mining on river systems: a global assessment

MG Macklin, CJ Thomas, A Mudbhatkal, PA Brewer… - Science, 2023 - science.org
An estimated 23 million people live on floodplains affected by potentially dangerous
concentrations of toxic waste derived from past and present metal mining activity. We …

Geosciences and the energy transition

NJ Gardiner, JJ Roberts, G Johnson… - … Science, Systems and …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
A substantial and rapid decarbonisation of the global economy is required to limit
anthropogenic climate change to well below 2° C average global heating by 2050. Yet …

[HTML][HTML] On tin and lithium granite systems: a crustal evolution perspective

NJ Gardiner, RM Palin, L Koopmans, MF Mangler… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The battery metals tin and lithium (Snsingle bondLi) are key to renewable energy
technologies, with demand driving new interest in the formation and exploration of tin …

[PDF][PDF] Penambangan timah di Indonesia: Sejarah, masa kini, dan prospeksi

R Irzon - Jurnal Teknologi Mineral dan Batubara, 2021 - researchgate.net
Indonesia telah menjadi penghasil timah besar dunia sejak awal abad ke-20. Sumberdaya
tersebut berasosiasi dengan Sabuk Timah Asia Tenggara yang membentang melalui …

[HTML][HTML] Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale mining: a mineral economic evaluation of coltan production and trade dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes region

P Schütte, U Näher - Resources Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The global significance of artisanal and small-scale mining of certain mineral commodities
implies the need for evaluating this production component as a potential long-term source of …

Combined zircon, molybdenite, and cassiterite geochronology and cassiterite geochemistry of the Kuntabin tin-tungsten deposit in Myanmar

W Mao, H Zhong, J Yang, Y Tang, L Liu… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Kuntabin Sn-W deposit, located in southern Myanmar, is characterized by
abundant greisen-type and quartz vein-type cassiterite and wolframite mineralization. We …

The timing of collision between Asia and the West Burma Terrane, and the development of the Indo‐Burman Ranges

Y Najman, ER Sobel, I Millar, X Luan, S Zapata… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The West Burma Terrane (WBT) is a small terrane bounded to the east by the Asian
Sibumasu Block and to the west by the Indo‐Burman Ranges (IBR), the latter being an …

Assessment of mining extent and expansion in Myanmar based on freely-available satellite imagery

KJ LaJeunesse Connette, G Connette, A Bernd… - Remote sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Using freely-available data and open-source software, we developed a remote sensing
methodology to identify mining areas and assess recent mining expansion in Myanmar. Our …

Lithium: critical, or not so critical?

NJ Gardiner, SM Jowitt, JP Sykes - Geoenergy, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Some metals necessary to deliver renewable energy are considered critical. Metal criticality
is a major factor in achieving energy decarbonization, leading to efforts to make metals …

Tracing the global tin flow network: highly concentrated production and consumption

H Li, W Qin, J Li, Z Tian, F Jiao, C Yang - Resources, Conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tin is closely associated with daily life and scientific and technological development, being
widely applied in electronic products (eg, computers, mobile phones) and high-end …