Missouri S&T professor: Green energy increases the need for mining and metals production

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By mmillikinJul 14, 2021, 3:16 am323 pts
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…

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