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"Green Energy" will drive the need for more Mining and Metals Production

Dr. Michael Moats, professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T, says green energy will require more critical minerals mining and metals production. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T.

Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices. That’s according to Dr. Michael Moats, professor and interim chair…

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"Green Energy" will drive the need for more Mining and Metals Production

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