'Unjust Minerals': How can investors advance a 'just transition' in the mining sector?

Cecilia Keating
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The Erzberg mine is a large open-pit mine located in Eisenerz, Styria | Credit: iStock
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The Erzberg mine is a large open-pit mine located in Eisenerz, Styria | Credit: iStock

Global investors can and should harness their huge influence to promote environmentally and socially just practices in the mining sector as the clean energy transition takes hold, fresh research argues

As the energy transition gathers pace, the mining sector must undergo a significant transformation. A low-carbon economy depends on a rapid expansion of mining for minerals that form the building blocks...

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