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| Title |
Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance
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| Published in |
Nature, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/nature21359 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Saleem H. Ali, Damien Giurco, Nicholas Arndt, Edmund Nickless, Graham Brown, Alecos Demetriades, Ray Durrheim, Maria Amélia Enriquez, Judith Kinnaird, Anna Littleboy, Lawrence D. Meinert, Roland Oberhänsli, Janet Salem, Richard Schodde, Gabi Schneider, Olivier Vidal, Natalia Yakovleva |
| Abstract |
Successful delivery of the United Nations sustainable development goals and implementation of the Paris Agreement requires technologies that utilize a wide range of minerals in vast quantities. Metal recycling and technological change will contribute to sustaining supply, but mining must continue and grow for the foreseeable future to ensure that such minerals remain available to industry. New links are needed between existing institutional frameworks to oversee responsible sourcing of minerals, trajectories for mineral exploration, environmental practices, and consumer awareness of the effects of consumption. Here we present, through analysis of a comprehensive set of data and demand forecasts, an interdisciplinary perspective on how best to ensure ecologically viable continuity of global mineral supply over the coming decades. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 127 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 12% |
| Australia | 8 | 6% |
| Canada | 7 | 6% |
| Belgium | 3 | 2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| El Salvador | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 18 | 14% |
| Unknown | 52 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 90 | 71% |
| Scientists | 29 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 737 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Estonia | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 733 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 120 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 99 | 13% |
| Researcher | 93 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 37 | 5% |
| Other | 36 | 5% |
| Other | 133 | 18% |
| Unknown | 219 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 115 | 16% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 63 | 9% |
| Engineering | 54 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 46 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 31 | 4% |
| Other | 160 | 22% |
| Unknown | 268 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 265. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 October 2023.
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