Global Trends in Metal Consumption and Supply: The Raw Material–Energy Nexus

Olivier Vidal, Fatma Rostom (), Cyril François and Gael Giraud ()
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Olivier Vidal: ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219 - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
Fatma Rostom: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Cyril François: ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR219 - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
Gael Giraud: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The consumption of mineral resources and energy has increased exponentially over the last 100 years. Further growth is expected until at least the middle of the 21st century as the demand for minerals is stimulated by the industrialization of poor countries, increasing urbanization, penetration of rapidly evolving high technologies, and the transition to low-carbon energies. In order to meet this demand, more metals will have to be produced by 2050 than over the last 100 years, which raises questions about the sustainability and conditions of supply. The answers to these questions are not only a matter of available reserves. Major effort will be required to develop new approaches and dynamic models to address social, economic, environmental, geological, technological, legal and geopolitical impacts of the need for resources.

Keywords: mineral resources; raw materials; energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10-01
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Published in Elements, 2017, 13 (5), pp.319-324. ⟨10.2138/gselements.13.5.319⟩

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DOI: 10.2138/gselements.13.5.319

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