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New global dataset finds non-coal mining contributed just 0.54 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2024
Mining for the minerals and metals used in clean technologies may not have as big a carbon footprint as some critics claim, with new research this week detailing how the sector is "not a major source"...
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