Essays about: "Change mining"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 110 essays containing the words Change mining.

  1. 11. Effect of increased vertical stress on the state of grains in tailings

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geoteknologi

    Author : Shane Aulestia; [2023]
    Keywords : Tailings; Tailings dams; Breakage; Oedometer; Image acquisition analysis; Avfall; Avfallsdammar; Brytning; Ödometer; Bildinsamling och analys;

    Abstract : Tailings storage facilities (TSFs) serve as structures for storing tailings, i.e., waste materials generated by the mining industry. READ MORE

  3. 12. Production of critical minerals and metals: Empirical investigation of sustainability aspects

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Johanna Askros; [2023]
    Keywords : Energy transition; environmental justice; sustainable development; sustainable mining; systems thinking;

    Abstract : The threat of global climate change has brought on the need for a transition towards renewable energy sources and electrification, thereby creating a significantly increased demand for energy minerals and metals. Despite being on a path towards an energy system with net-zero emissions, the European Union (EU) is currently highly dependent on the import of these minerals and metals from outside of the Union. READ MORE

  4. 13. An institutional weakness? – The participation of Chinese miners in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Enyam Joel Agbesinyale; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese participation; ASGM; Institutional weakness; Rural transformation; Ghana; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the ongoing debate on the involvement of Chinese nationals in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Despite the Minerals and Mining Law, Act 703 (2006) prohibiting foreigners from engaging in ASGM, it is reported that about 50,000 Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal mining activities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Explorative Scenarios for Future Lithium Supplies and Demand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Aksel Rahman; [2023]
    Keywords : lithium mining; lithium future production; Gompertz models; Richards models; Logistic models;

    Abstract : Because of its specific qualities, lithium is a key element for making lithium-ion batteries, which is of great relevance since the battery sector is the fastest growing user of lithium to date and with the transition towards a fully electrified transportation sector due to the current climate agenda and an even bigger increase in demand for lithium is anticipated for the coming decades. The two main sources for lithium to date are mines and brines, with brine water composing around 87 % of the world’s lithium reserves in terms of contained lithium. READ MORE

  6. 15. Implementation of shepherdism in the reclamation of the Bełchatów brown coal mine as care for the environment, people and the economy

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Aleksandra Arent; [2023]
    Keywords : mine reclamation; agroforestry; common pool resource; wood pasture; heritage tourism; Bełchatów; coal mine; remediation; shepherdism; pastoralism; post-capitalism; care;

    Abstract : The EU is currently under an energy transition and the phase-out of coal mining and burning. The Bełchatów brown coal mine is scheduled to stop its operations in 2036. READ MORE