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- Authors
- Azadi, M., Northey, S. A., Ali, S. H., & Edraki, M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2020-02
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 100-104
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- OpenAlex
- W3004050336
- Semantic Scholar
- ba401f1382fe75bc5ebcec07871de9d782a4214a
- Cited by
- 261
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 13.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
- OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2017M3D8A2084752)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Mining and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Engineering and Environmental Studies
- Keywords
- greenhouse gas emissions, mining, copper mining, climate change mitigation, energy consumption, ore grade decline, metal production, environmental technology, Chilean copper mining
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