Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance

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, Roland Oberhänsli, Janet Salem, Richard Schodde, Gabi Schneider, Olivier Vidal and Natalia Yakovleva
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Saleem H. Ali: University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment
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
Gabi Schneider: Namibian Uranium Institute
Olivier Vidal: Institut des Sciences de la Terre, University Grenoble Alpes
Natalia Yakovleva: Newcastle University

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7645, 367-372

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2017
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