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Lumet team wins National Research Council funding to support Canada’s EV battery supply chain

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The University of Waterloo’s Lumet – Illuminating Metal Supply Chains research program has secured $266,664 in new support from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) under its Critical Battery Materials Initiative (CBMI). The multi-year collaboration, titled “Benchmarking of novel materials and processes for EV lithium-ion batteries using life-cycle assessment,” will expand Lumet’s industry-leading research … Read more

New IEA report on critical materials: Recycling efforts are waiting for the energy transition to happen

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In November the International Energy Agency (IEA) published “Recycling of Critical Minerals – Analysis and key findings.” In all, it is a rather vanilla report that is, of course, beautifully presented and will be well used. The IEA has touched on all the obvious points and done so fluently, but offers few insights or novelty. Our … Read more

Research Review: Convergence of Western and Chinese ESG Approaches in Mining

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By: Steven B. Young The 2024 study Standardizing “Green” Extractivism: Chinese & Western Environmental, Social, and Governance Instruments in the Critical Mineral Sector by Raphael Deberdt et al. examines the growing adoption of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards by mining companies, with a focus on Chinese firms. Given China’s dominant role in the global … Read more

How to assess all those sustainability standards

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Lumet is developing a database and map of voluntary sustainability standards relevant to mining, minerals, metals and materials. Our initial guidance draws on our previous work on sustainability standards where we examined and categorized standards according to: Since that early analysis we have added communications as an important dimension. How the reporting of conformity to … Read more