Global demand for energy transition metals to support a clean energy transition is increasing pressure to extract more terrestrial and seabed minerals and metals from the Pacific. So what is the risk of the Pacific becoming a sacrifice zone in the name of a global energy transition?
The AMIRA P9 project launched in 1962 with the aim of implementing mathematical modelling and computer simulation in mineral processing. Half a century later and the most recent iteration of the project – AMIRA P9Q – has just wrapped up.
The Mine Waste Transformation through Characterisation (MiWaTCH) research group investigates the characteristics of mine waste to support the industry’s work on their environmental and social legacies, and potentially find unrealised revenue streams.
