UBC is bringing its expertise in critical minerals to the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials, a $150 (US) million research endeavour to fundamentally change how we produce, use and recycle the minerals needed for modern technologies and the clean energy transition.
UBC is bringing its expertise in critical minerals to the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials, a $150 (US) million research endeavour to fundamentally change how we produce, use and recycle the minerals needed for modern technologies and the clean energy transition.
Dr. Steven Hallam and Dr. Roger Beckie—with Microbiology and Immunology, and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, respectively—will co-lead two of the Centre’s initial projects, both focused on copper.
“Critical minerals are the foundation for developing the diversified, renewable sources of energy we require to power a decarbonized future,” said Dr. John Steen, Director of the Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining and associate professor in the Norman B. Keevil School of Mining.
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