Could mining be a natural process?

The idea of being sustainable is no longer a niche concern and is in fact a driving factor behind why customers choose certain products and why companies undergo extensive changes – all to reduce environmental impact. What people may not realise is that ‘green thinking’ goes way beyond the companies you’d expect to be concerned about it. Nickel is becoming more important It’s unlikely people would consider mining to be a modern, eco-conscious industry. Terms like “strip mining” could in fact make people think the exact opposite but extracting useful metallic ores from the Earth is at the heart of modern life, as we rely heavily on many different materials. One area of great concern is nickel mining. Although extracting nickel ore and processing it is fundamentally the same as many other metals, demand for nickel could soon see a massive leap. Nickel is a key part of modern lithium-ion batteries, as it allows greater energy storage and the shift to electric cars means high quality batteries will grow. Issues like storage capacity and useable output will only increase in importance as we seek to effectively use generated power.

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