Dear Community,
Please submit an abstract and join us at the annual meeting of the American
Chemical Society in San Diego March 23 - 27, 2025 to discuss the energy
transition and global development through the lens of critical mineral
availability. The abstract deadline is September 30. Submit your abstract
here
https://www.acs.org/meetings/acs-meetings/spring/presenters/submit-an-abstract.html
.
Session: Geochemical, Environmental and Sociotechnical Implications of
Mining (description below)
The sessions focuses on 1) the formation of mineral resources and the use
of this knowledge for responsible resource exploration and extraction, (2)
new and less invasive approaches for the exploration and extraction of raw
materials, 3) innovative approaches to geometallurgy, mineral processing,
and the recycling of end-products containing metals and minerals to develop
circular economies, and 4) securing supplies of industrially important,
critical, and strategic metals, and. industrial minerals that are subject
to global or regional supply disruption.
Thanks,
Adam
Adam C. Simon
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Director, Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars (MRADS)
University of Michigan
Geochemical, Environmental and Sociotechnical Implications of Mining
Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and climate
provisions of legislation including the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act that
call for significant increases in renewable energy infrastructure will
require mining mineral resources at an unprecedented scale and speed. This
pressure to diminish CO2 emissions, and to also find and produce minerals
will be enormous. We must appreciate that mineral production has the
potential to adversely affect the environment and communities, and there is
a high degree of skepticism on the topic of responsible mining. This means
that the minerals and energy sectors face greater challenges than ever
before. This sessions focuses on 1) the formation of mineral resources and
the use of this knowledge for responsible resource exploration and
extraction, (2) new and less invasive approaches for the exploration and
extraction of raw materials, 3) innovative approaches to geometallurgy,
mineral processing, and the recycling of end-products containing metals and
minerals to develop circular economies, and 4) securing supplies of
industrially important, critical, and strategic metals, and. industrial
minerals that are subject to global or regional supply disruption. We
welcome abstract submission that cover any of these topics, including field
studies (terrestrial, marine, planetary), biogeochemical and geochemical
characterization of mining sites and their associated waters, mineralogical
and metallurgical investigations, as well as experimental, thermodynamic
and modeling approaches to resource geochemistry and geology, and long-term
monitoring programs, remote systems, and community-based monitoring.