Essays about: "rock salt mines"

Found 2 essays containing the words rock salt mines.

1. 1. 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. 2. 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