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DOI | 10.1038/s41561-020-0531-3 |
Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation | |
Azadi, Mehdi1; Northey, Stephen A.2,3; Ali, Saleem H.1,4; Edraki, Mansour1 | |
2020-02-03 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE |
ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 13期号:2页码:100-+ |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia; USA |
英文摘要 | The climate change impacts of mining are often not fully accounted for, although the environmental impact of mineral extraction more generally is widely studied. Copper mining can serve as a case study to analyse the measurable pathways by which mining contributes to climate change through direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. For example, mining, processing and transportation require fuel and electricity, and the decomposition of carbonate minerals, employed to reduce environmental impacts, also releases carbon dioxide. Overall, we estimate that greenhouse gas emissions associated with primary mineral and metal production was equivalent to approximately 10% of the total global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. For copper mining, fuel consumption increased by 130% and electricity consumption increased by 32% per unit of mined copper in Chile from 2001 to 2017, largely due to decreasing ore grade. This trend of increasing energy demand to produce the same quantity of some metals compounds the problems of increased metal demand due to the pressures of new technologies and increasing population. For green technologies to be implemented effectively, it is necessary that the mining industry and regulators accurately and transparently account for greenhouse gas emissions to implement mitigation strategies. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000519214500003 |
WOS关键词 | CARBON CAPTURE ; STORAGE ; TECHNOLOGIES ; REMEDIATION ; DRAINAGE ; ENERGY ; COPPER |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/249370 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Inst, St Lucia, Qld, Australia; 2.Monash Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 3.Univ Technol Sydney, Inst Sustainable Futures, Ultimo, NSW, Australia; 4.Univ Delaware, Coll Earth Ocean & Environm, Newark, DE 19716 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Azadi, Mehdi,Northey, Stephen A.,Ali, Saleem H.,et al. Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation[J]. NATURE GEOSCIENCE,2020,13(2):100-+. |
APA | Azadi, Mehdi,Northey, Stephen A.,Ali, Saleem H.,&Edraki, Mansour.(2020).Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,13(2),100-+. |
MLA | Azadi, Mehdi,et al."Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 13.2(2020):100-+. |
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