Cumbrian coal mine agreed by councillors

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published steel industry's sustainability performance via its sustainability indicators.

A discussion paper by the UN Environment Programme and International Resource Panel sets out that global exports of material resources per capita doubled between 1970 and 2017—while overall global extraction of materials tripled in the same period—but fewer exporters are meeting this demand.

A fabrication method for gas membranes is set to overcome the bottlenecks in selectivity and permeability to absorb carbon emissions in industrial settings. Shardell Joseph finds out how.

Carbon emissions are being captured and converted into construction materials during roof tile production in a UK trial.

Items in this journal issue consider BIF-hosted deposit unit differentiation using multivariate Gaussian processes on measure while drilling data, defining geologic domains using cluster analysis and indicator correlograms; and economic geology and genesis of kaolin resources in the East African Rift system and more.

Lithium carbonate has been successfully produced from two UK sources – one from Cornish Lithium’s Trelavour project site in Cornwall and another from Scotland.