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Excerpted from THE SIGNAL  Current Affairs.Strange World<\/em>. August 28\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s driving a global rush for critical minerals?
 Lisa Sachs<\/strong> on the environmental challenges of clean technology.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Sachs<\/strong> is the director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment at Columbia University and the vice-chair of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mining & Metals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Sachs, cobalt\u2014along with lithium, copper, nickel, and other critical minerals, as they\u2019re called\u2014are essential for building vitally important new technologies, particularly for the kind of products necessary to reduce fossil-fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical minerals are the main building blocks of electric-vehicle batteries and potentially key for producing, distributing, and storing clean, renewable energy. And yet, Sachs says, mining these minerals comes with substantial environmental and social costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMining has always come<\/strong> at environmental and social costs. It\u2019s inherently extractive, whether it\u2019s underground or open-pit. It requires digging up the Earth, disrupting biodiversity, sometimes at substantial and irreversible scales. Mining and processing require enormous amounts of water, and both divert water from other purposes that can be core to livelihoods. Both discharge waste, too, into waterways used for other purposes, including human consumption and agriculture, with potentially devastating consequences\u2014to people and to marine life. Mining and processing are also very energy-intensive. Most energy for mining comes from fossil-fuel sources. More mining and more processing mean more emissions. And mining has historically been implicated in terrible violations of human rights and social disruptions. If a mine is under or near a community, it can mean the displacement of that community, with major consequences for livelihoods and culture. Heritage sites have infamously been cleared to make way for mines.\u201d <\/p>Lisa Sachs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Source: National Mining Association – 101 Constitution Ave. NW Suite 500 East – Washington, DC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 66 individual minerals that contribute to the typical computer
but it should be evident that without many minerals, there would be no computers, or televisions. There are others, in addition to those listed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Component Monitor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phosphorescent Coating – Transition Metals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZnS – Zinc Sulfide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag – Silver
Cl – Chlorine Al – Aluminum Cu – Copper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au – Gold
Y2O2S – Yittrium Sulfate
Eu – Europium
(KF, MgF2): Mn Potasium-Magnesium Floride:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manganese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Zn,Cd)S – Zinc Cadmium Sulfate
Zn2SiO4:O4: Mn, As – ZincSilicate, Manganese, Arsenic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gd2O2S: Tb – Gadolinium Sulfate: Tebrium Y2SiO12:Ce – Yitrium Silicate: Cerium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRT Glass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pb – Lead SiO2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plastic Case, Keyboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thermoplastic – Polypropylene, PVC CaCO2 – additive
TiO2 – White Pigment
Amonium Polyphosphate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Element\/Compound<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zn, S<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag Cl Al Cu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au
Y
Eu
K, F, Mg, Mn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cd As<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gd, Tb Ce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pb Si<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ca Ti P<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mineral Source of Element<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sulfur, Hemmimorphite, Zincite Smithsonite, Franklenite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag, Pyrargyrite, Cerargyrite Halite
Bauxite
Chalcopyrite, Boronite, Enargite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuprite, Malachite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Chalcocite Gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alunite, Orthoclase, Nephelite, Leucite, Apophullite; Flourite, Cryolite, Vesuvianite; Lepidolite: Dolomite, Magnesite, Espomite, Spinel, Olivine, Pyrope, Biotite, Talc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realgar, Orpiment, Niccolite, Cobalite, Arsenopyrite, Tetrahedrite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monzanite, Orthite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galena, Cerussite, Anglesite, Pyromorphite Quartz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calcite, Gypsum, Apatite, Aragonite Rutile, Ilmenite, Titanite
Apetite, Pyromorphite, Wavellite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MINERALS IN TYPICAL COMPUTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Monitors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pb – Lead
Thin Film Transistors
Ferro Electric Liquid Crystal Indium Tin Oxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metal Case<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flat Screen Plasma Display Monitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glass
Pb – Lead
ZnS – Zinc Sulfide Ag – Silver
Cl – Chlorine
Al – Aluminum
Cu – Copper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au – Gold
Y2O2S – Yittrium Sulfate
Eu – Euopium
(KF, MgF2): Mn Potasium-Magnesium Florite: Manganese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Zn, Cd) S – Zinc Cadmium Sulfate
Zn2SiO4: Mn, As – ZincSilicate, Manganese, Arsenic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gd2O2S: Tb – Gadolinium Silicate: Tebrium Y2SiO12: Ce – Yitrium Silicate: Cerium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed Circuit Boards, Computer Chips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silicon
Cu – Copper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au – Gold
Ag – Silver Tin
Al – Aluminum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pb Si Fe Sn In<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si
Pb Zn, S Ag Cl
Al Cu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au
Y
Eu
K, F, Mg, Mn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cd As<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gd, Tb Ce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si Cu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au Ag Sn Al<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galena, Cerussite, Anglesite, Pyromorphite Quartz
Hematite
Cassiterite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sphalerite (Commonly found with Zinc) Magnetite, Limonite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quartz
Galena, Cerussite, Anglesite, Pyromorphite
Sulfur, Hemmimorphite, Zincite, Smithsonite, Franklenite Ag, Pyrargyrite, Cerargyrite
Halite
Bauxite
Chalcopyrite, Boronite, Enargite, Cuprite, Malachite, Azurite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chryssocolla, Chalcocite Gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euxenite
Euxenite
Alunite, Orthoclase, Nephelite, Leucite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apophullite; Flourite, Cryolite, Vesuvianite; Lepidolite: Dolomite, Magnesite, Espomite, Spinel, Olivine, Pyrope, Biotite, Talc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realgar, Orpiment, Niccolite, Cobalite Arsenopyrite, Tetrahedrite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monzanite, Orthite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quartz
Chalcopyrite, Boronite, Enargite, Cuprite, Malachite,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azurite, Chrysocolla, Chalcocite Gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag, Pyrargyrite, Cerargyrite Cassiterite
Bauxite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excerpted from THE SIGNAL  Current Affairs.Strange World. August 28\/22  The New Gold What\u2019s driving a global rush for critical minerals? Lisa Sachs on the environmental challenges of clean technology. Lisa Sachs is the director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment at Columbia University and the vice-chair of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on the Future … Continue reading “global rush…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20599"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20613,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20599\/revisions\/20613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}