Drones, IoT and sustainability: does smart tech hold the answer?
The mining sector has a sustainability problem – but looking to the future of IoT and drone technologies could help.
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The mining sector has a sustainability problem – but looking to the future of IoT and drone technologies could help.
Bolivia is the world's eighth-largest producer of lead, with output of 97kt in 2022, up by 8% on 2021.
Turkey is the world's tenth-largest producer of lead, with output of 73kt in 2022, down by 2.99% on 2021.
In the face of major investments by the US to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and growing dominance by China, the EU is playing catch-up on its green technologies industry. However, the Commission's proposals presented today are a blunt instrument that could do a lot of unnecessary damage along the way, especially to nature and biodiversity.