
Where can we find metals?
Conveners: Nick Arndt & Tobias Kind
We discussed whether Europe can, or should, produce more of the mineral products that it consumes:
the economic, societal, environmental arguments for more domestic production; the types and amounts of minerals that could be mined; the measures that could be taken to promote such a project; the risks and pitfalls that might make it impossible or of only limited success.
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What are the benefits and problems associated with more mining in Europe?
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What kind of mining is possible in Europe and what is impossible? Which metals, which regions, which methods?
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What volumes of metals could be produced in Europe? To what extent could this limit imports?
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What are the benefits to up- and downstream companies?
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The pros and cons of mining in developing countries
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Civil society perspectives - The importance of communities in areas with potential for future mining