Essays about: "Mines"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 162 essays containing the word Mines.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. Learning by Digging : A Differentiable Prediction Model for an Autonomous Wheel Loader

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Arvid Fälldin; [2022]
    Keywords : Wheel loader; Deep learning; Autonomous; Multibody and soil dynamics;

    Abstract : Wheel loaders are heavy duty machines that are ubiquitous on construction sites and in mines all over the world. Fully autonomous wheel loaders remains an open problem but the industry is hoping that increasing their level of autonomy will help to reduce costs and energy consumption while also increasing workplace safety. READ MORE

  4. 18. Conflicts on Exploited Land

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anni Wagenius; [2022]
    Keywords : reindeer industry; Sami community; mining industry; green development; green colonization; exploitations; land use;

    Abstract : The North of Sweden is undergoing what’s called a green revolution, where new exploitations arehappening in the name of green development and growth and within the frame of eco-modernism. Thisrevolution is viewed as the solution to many of our problems, one being the climate change, another beingthe de-population of many towns in the North, such as Gällivare. READ MORE

  5. 19. Hur mår hästkastanjen egentligen? : utbredning och hantering av skadegörare på Aesculus hippocastanum i svenska städer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Carolin Lundgren; Linnea Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : kastanjemal; hästkastanjsköldlus; kastanjebladbränna; kastanjeblödarsjuka; Phytophthora; diversitet; växtskydd; urban miljö; stadsträd;

    Abstract : Hästkastanjen, Aesculus hippocastanum, har genom åren varit ett mycket välanvänt stadsträd med höga kulturhistoriska och sociala värden. På senare tid har arten sjunkit i popularitet då den drabbats av flertalet skadegörare och sjukdomar. READ MORE

  6. 20. Sweet and Salty: Colonial and Modern Corporate Commodity Exploitation in Northeastern Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Flavia Copia Sperandio; [2022]
    Keywords : modern corporation; sugar cane monoculture; coloniality; rock salt mines; extractivism; Brazil; decolonial theory; business human rights.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis is a historical comparative analysis of the social and environmental impacts of past colonial exploitation and the modern corporate extraction and exploitation of natural resources and commodities. The thesis examines these issues through the case studies of sugar monoculture in the Northeast region of colonial Brazil (16th and 17th Century) and the sinking of Maceió (also in Northeastern Brazil) due to the corporate exploitation of rock salt mines (1976-2019). READ MORE