Essays about: "metals and mining"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 72 essays containing the words metals and mining.

  1. 11. Talk to the Sea: Deep-sea mining, the arts, and contesting narratives of extraction in the deep ocean.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Nicholas Frederick Olivier Lepage; [2023]
    Keywords : deep-sea mining; resource frontier; commodities; arts; extractivism; narratives; imaginaries.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The deep-sea may be on the verge of becoming the latest frontier for resource extraction of critical metals and minerals in order to build renewable energy technologies such as electric vehicles. This thesis examines the narratives used by the deep-sea mining company The Metals Company to justify the extraction of polymetallic nodules from the seabed in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. READ MORE

  3. 12. Continuous leaching of phosphorus from sewage sludge ash

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Sofie Göransson; [2022]
    Keywords : Ash leaching; Continuous stirred tank reactor; CSTR; Phosphorus recovery; Sewage sludge ash;

    Abstract : The global demand for food is increasing. Different nutrients are used to increase growth in agriculture and are thus essential for the world ́s food supply. An important and common nutrient is phosphorus. It can be mined, in the form of phosphate, from phosphate rock. READ MORE

  4. 13. Improving Capital Employed of Indirect Material in Stock within the Process Industry : A Case Study on the Relationship Between Working Capital Optimization and Inventory Management

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Emma Bevin; [2022]
    Keywords : Working Capital; Indirect Material; Performance Management; Inventory Management; Supply Chain Uncertainty; Rörelsekapital; Indirekt material; Prestationsledning; Lagerhantering; Osäkerhet i försörjningskedjan;

    Abstract : It is essential for companies within the process industry to obtain sufficient inventory of indirect material to gain supply chain resilience. Yet, a capital-intensive company that lack efficient inventory management can generate high levels of tied-up capital. READ MORE

  5. 14. Partnership for sustainability : A qualitative study of the importancefor enhanced sustainability in thepartnership between mining suppliersand customers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Johan Persson; Karl Wallin; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability mining partnership;

    Abstract : Global warming is a severe threat to the climate and the planet's environment. Climate changehas been a growing area to focus on for the entire world, including all industries andbusinesses to date. READ MORE

  6. 15. Critical elements scavenged by secondary gypsum and HFO : Determined by sequential extraction combined with mineralogical studies

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geovetenskap och miljöteknik

    Author : Emma Flodin; [2022]
    Keywords : Geochemistry; gypsum; HFO; adsorption; scavenged; critical elements; beryllium; Yxsjöberg; mine waste; Sequential extraction; XRD; SEM-EDS;

    Abstract : The demand for metals is great for the purpose of developing green technologies, and EU has listed 30 metals and minerals that are of critical importance for the maintenance and evolving of today’s society, so called critical materials. However, mining of raw materials generates mine waste which can have adverse effect on human health, ecosystems, and surrounding areas. READ MORE