Issue #43
Critical raw materials are fuelling a new extractivist race. The demand for metals and minerals essential for the energy and digital transition will increase by 500% by 2050. RM43 - with interviews with experts and institutions from all over the world and a photo reportage by Stefano Stranges - offers a 360-degree overview of CRM, from the geopolitical and technological framework to the new frontiers of mining, from the illicit trade in e-waste to circular solutions to reduce mining reliance.
Summary
EDITORIALS
Critical Moment
Emanuele Bompan
EU Goes Raw
David Peck
THINK TANK
The European Mining Industry is on the Test for Transition
Giorgio Kaldor. Interview with Mark Rachovides
Low-tech Economy is Needed to Overcome Scarcity
Giorgio Kaldor. Interview with Philippe Bihouix
INSIGHT
Extractivism: Sooner or Later, Everything Becomes Critical
Giorgio Kaldor
Copper, the Electrification Metal
Simone Fant
Deep Sea Mining. The Abyss Rush
Giorgia Marino
Space Mining. A Treasure in the Asteroids
Marco Morello
Agromining. What if We Farmed Metals?
Giorgia Marino
Urban Mining. Cities as Metal Reservoirs
Antonella Ilaria Totaro
The Circular Challenge of the Energy Transition
Ferdinando Cotugno
WEEE Recycling: a Treasure Trove of Value and Materials
Antonella Ilaria Totaro
The Illegal WEEE Trails
Tosca Ballerini
CASE STUDIES
Swap(pie) to a More Sustainable Future
Lucrezia Lenardon
With Cobat, Today’s Products are Tomorrow’s Raw Materials
Giorgio Kaldor
Enel’s Gigafactory Aims to Relaunch Europe’s Solar Industry
Simone Fant
STARTUP
by Antonella Ilaria Totaro
Reusable Filters by Atium to Combat Mercury Water Pollution
Metals from Wastewater with Circular Materials
MagREEsource Recovers and Recycles Rare Earths for Magnets
Recovering Silicon, Silver, and Copper from PV Panels with ROSI Solar
KRINGLOOP
The Potential of the Circular Economy for the Clean Energy Transition
Laxmi Haigh
CIRCULAR BY LAW
The European Commission Raises the Bar on Critical Raw Materials
Francesco Petrucci