The Age of Minerals – How do we move to sustainable mining practices?

Are we moving from “The Age of Oil” to “The Age of Minerals”?  A talk exploring how the necessity of making the transition to greener energy practices requires the use of minerals such as lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements as the source materials for new technologies. How in which case do we move towards sustainable mining practices?

Karen Hudson-Edwards, Camborne School of Mines

The second in a series of three talks on minerals this summer, to complement our exhibition Riches of the Earth. The final talk is on 12 July, Mineral Pigments in Archaeology & Art History.