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Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance

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  • Saleem H. Ali

    (University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment
    University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute
    University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics)

  • Damien Giurco

    (University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures)

  • Nicholas Arndt

    (Institut des Sciences de la Terre, University Grenoble Alpes)

  • Edmund Nickless

    (Geological Society of London)

  • Graham Brown

    (Graham Brown Consulting)

  • Alecos Demetriades

    (IUGS/IAGC Commission on Global Geochemical Baselines and EuroGeoSurveys)

  • Ray Durrheim

    (University of Para)

  • Maria Amélia Enriquez

    (University of Para)

  • Judith Kinnaird

    (University of Witwatersrand)

  • Anna Littleboy

    (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))

  • Lawrence D. Meinert

    (US Geological Survey)

  • Roland Oberhänsli

    (Potsdam University and International Union for Geological Sciences)

  • Janet Salem

    (United Nations Environment Programme)

  • Richard Schodde

    (MinEx Consulting
    University of Western Australia, Centre for Exploration Targeting)

  • Gabi Schneider

    (Namibian Uranium Institute)

  • Olivier Vidal

    (Institut des Sciences de la Terre, University Grenoble Alpes)

  • Natalia Yakovleva

    (Newcastle University)

Abstract

Successful delivery of the United Nations sustainable development goals and implementation of the Paris Agreement requires technologies that utilize a wide range of minerals in vast quantities. Metal recycling and technological change will contribute to sustaining supply, but mining must continue and grow for the foreseeable future to ensure that such minerals remain available to industry. New links are needed between existing institutional frameworks to oversee responsible sourcing of minerals, trajectories for mineral exploration, environmental practices, and consumer awareness of the effects of consumption. Here we present, through analysis of a comprehensive set of data and demand forecasts, an interdisciplinary perspective on how best to ensure ecologically viable continuity of global mineral supply over the coming decades.

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  • Saleem H. Ali & Damien Giurco & Nicholas Arndt & Edmund Nickless & Graham Brown & Alecos Demetriades & Ray Durrheim & Maria Amélia Enriquez & Judith Kinnaird & Anna Littleboy & Lawrence D. Meinert & R, 2017. "Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance," Nature, Nature, vol. 543(7645), pages 367-372, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:543:y:2017:i:7645:d:10.1038_nature21359
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21359
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