71 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) such as Gd–Lu, Sc and Y are irreplaceable metals for a number of critical (including clean) …

Analysis of supply-demand of REE. Currently, China has control over 94% of producing and mining REMs and further china has very high natural reserves for these. As per some recent reports, China is even buying these reserves in other countries and regions to have a monopoly over production for a very long time. Due to these very reasons, it …

Rare Earth Elements (REEs) have emerged as crucial components in modern technology, playing a pivotal role in various industries due to their unique properties. As their name suggests, REEs are not abundant in the Earth's crust, making them valuable and sought after for numerous applications. Understanding the geology and mining of REEs is …

KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government has been reminded to look at past environmental disasters before deciding to go forward with the rare earth elements (REE) mining project. Study past disasters before carrying out REE mining, NGOs warn Kelantan govt | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News

Brazil has been known for its mineral resources, which have been exploited by companies spread for the whole country. Nonetheless, the Brazilian mining sector has also been known for the recent disasters which have generated unprecedented social, economic, and environmental costs. In this way, this work presents an analysis of the …

In 1952, Mountain Pass opened. First explored as a uranium deposit, it soon supplied rare earths for the electronic needs of the Cold War economy. Until the 1990s, it stood alone as the only major ...

The rupture of the Brumadinho mining tailings dam in Brazil is considered one of the largest mining disasters in the world, resulting in 244 deaths and 26 missing people, in addition to the ...

Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential raw materials for emerging renewable energy resources and 'smart' electronic devices. Global REE demand is slated to grow at an annual rate of 5% by 2020. This high growth rate will require a steady supply base of REEs in the long run. At present, China is responsible for 85% of global rare …

It is widely recognized that mining activities have changed the original environmental condition and produced vast environmental problems, including ecological destruction, environmental pollution, soil erosion, and geological disasters (Aguilar et al. 2004; Klukanová et al. 1999; Liu et al. 2006; Luís et al. 2011; Salomons 1995).More toxic …

Environmental science and conservation news. Activists demand corporate and government accountability after a massive landslide struck a mining town in the southern Philippines on Feb. 6, claiming ...

Five of the six largest wildfires in the state's history happened in 2020. The largest, the August Complex Fire, burned 1,615 square miles, more than twice the acreage burned by the second-largest ...

Stacker compiled a list of 20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history. ... In November 2015, the Fundão tailings dam at Brazil's Samarco Mariana Mining Complex suffered a failure, resulting in flooding that devastated villages downstream, killing 19 people. The damage caused by the dam collapse and iron ore waste made it the …

This chapter uses qualitative, historical, environmental, and epidemiological research from a range of sectors to outline the basis of comparison between ex ante and ex post pollution controls in the rare earth sector. Following an introduction of the problem, this chapter reviews the contemporary social and environmental impacts of rare earth …

In Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on November 5, 2015, the Fundão dam collapsed releasing 50 million tons of toxic iron tailings into the Doce River – the nation's worst environmental disaster ...

Protecting the environment and public health from rare earth element (REE) mining as well as emerging pollutants is urgently required to achieve sustainable development. This study mapped Earth's hidden …

Environmental hazards including human health issues due to REE mining and large-scale dumping of e-waste containing significant concentrations of REE are …

On November 5, 2015 an iron ore mine tailings dam owned by Samarco, a joint venture of Vale and BHP Billiton, two of the world's largest mining firms, collapsed in Mariana, Brazil. Life along ...

Nottingham, UK. Environmental Issues. Relating to REE Mining. Dr. Michael Haschke. Head of Mineral Resources • Eur Geol Zum Windkanal 21. 01109 Dresden, Germany. Accredited Competent Person for ...

If REE mining produces such substantial environmental impacts that it contributes to the climate problem more than it mitigates, then there is an issue of purpose. Finally, if the communities with REE mining are also the ones experiencing the benefits of green technology in abating climate change, then they may view the tradeoff as worth …

Boom in Mining Rare Earths Poses Mounting Toxic Risks. The mining of rare earth metals, used in everything from smart phones to wind turbines, has long been dominated by China.

We study the health consequences of one of the largest environmental disasters of the world mining industry, which largely stemmed from regulatory failure. Exploiting the timing and location of the Mariana mine tailings dam collapse in Brazil, we show that in utero exposure to the tragedy significantly reduced birth weight and increased infant ...

Rare earths are used in the renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines, batteries, catalysts and electric cars. Current mining, processing and sustainability aspects have been described in this paper. Rare earth availability is undergoing a temporary decline due mainly to quotas being imposed by the Chinese government on …

They can become sources of environmental disasters owing to the collapse of waste dams or acid mine drainage (as happened at Mount Morgan in Queensland, Australia, where acid mine drainage caused ...

Mining as a Cause of Environmental Disaster. Topics: Disaster, Environment Words: 828 Pages: 4. Unfortunately, a tremendous upgrowth of the production sector requires the extraction of more and more materials that can be found on our planet. Mother Nature is generous, but we tend to impose upon her kindness and …

Environmental science and conservation news A diamond mine co-owned by a Russian mining giant is accused of causing an "unprecedented environmental and human disaster" in Angola and the DRC.

More mining of REE, however, will mean more environmental degradation and human health hazards as waste disposal areas can be exposed to weathering conditions and have the potential to pollute the air, soil and water if adequate monitoring and protection measures are not utilized (Barakos et al., 2015). Some of the REE …

Mining-related disasters have frequently been in the headlines, most recently with the collapse of a major mining dam in southeastern Brazil. ... Brazil has had more than 80 mine-related environmental disasters, and an inventory of South American mining sites over the last century found an overall failure rate of 19% (Azam and Li 2010, …

Numerous socio-environmental disasters are caused by catastrophic mining dam failures, and over the last 34 years, an average of one failure has occurred every three years in Brazil. The management of long-lived mining wastes is a complex environmental challenge, but the subject is little discussed among the public, scientific …

Yet the Environmental Protection Agency has reported that 40 percent of watershed headwaters in the western United States have been contaminated by mining operations. Many of these are tiny sites ...

Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, which is leading efforts to scoop up the nodules thousands of metres underwater, said mining the ocean does less damage to nature than extraction in ...