Missouri University of Science & Technology: Green Energy Increases the Need for Mining and Metals Production
July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021
ROLLA, Missouri, July 15 (TNSRes) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news:
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 interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri . . .
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 interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri . . .