Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 16:21
in Physics & Chemistry
If the world is to maintain a sustainable economy and fend off the worst effects of climate change, at least one industry will soon have to ramp up dramatically: the mining of metals needed to create a vast infrastructure for renewable power generation, storage, transmission and usage. The problem is, demand for such metals is likely to far outstrip currently both known deposits and the existing technology used to find more ore bodies.