As part of the new-style sex education curriculum, school pupils will soon start learning about healthy intimate relationships – which could help to significantly reduce future domestic a...

Sarah Page and Em Temple-Malt · The Conversation 24 Aug 2018

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Engineering and Construction

Cobalt crisis: What a shortage of the metal could mean for electric cars

Due to their growing popularity, electric cars could make the price of cobalt, a crucial component in batteries, skyrocket.

Christian Bogmans and Lama Kiyasseh · IMF Blog 14 Aug 2018

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Chemical and Materials Industry

Renting clothes could be the future of fashion

The rise of rental clothing outlets could mean a decline in waste and a more sustainable fashion industry.

Naomi Braithwaite · The Conversation 13 Aug 2018

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Mining and Metals

Why can't all plastic waste be recycled?

There are still big challenges to overcome.

Sharon George · The Conversation 07 Aug 2018

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

Technology is making these rare elements among the most valuable on Earth

As technology advances, elements such as cobalt are becoming more and more valuable.

Hywel Jones · The Conversation 06 Aug 2018

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Mining and Metals

The myth of mining’s ‘resource curse’

New research questions the oft-repeated idea that being rich in mineral resources can slow down a country's social development.

Aidan Davy 25 Jul 2018

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Ageing

5 myths about older workers

Age discrimination is preventing companies from achieving their true potential.

Ricardo Twusami and Sheena Johnson · The Conversation 25 Jul 2018

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Mining and Metals

4 ways blockchain will transform the mining and metals industry

By cutting out paper, improving tracking and allowing data sharing, blockchain is set to revolutionize mining for ever.

Max Weiland 10 Jul 2018

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Blockchain

From diamonds to recycling: how blockchain can drive responsible and ethical businesses

Diamond mining and raw materials extraction are still plagued by instances of modern-day slavery, poor health and safety conditions and environmental destruction. The use of emerging tec...

Candice Teo 22 Jun 2018

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Oceans

Mining the deep seabed will harm biodiversity. We need to talk about it

The fledgling industry could become part of the ocean economy. But deep seabed mining will cause irreversible biodiversity loss.

Holly Niner, Aline Jaeckel , Jeff Ardron, and Lisa Levin 08 Jun 2018

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International Trade and Investment

China's staggering demand for commodities

More than half the world's steel, cement, coal, nickel and copper heads to China.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 07 Mar 2018

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Chemical and Materials Industry

The rise and fall of commodities, visualised

The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns shows the returns over each year of the past decade.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 05 Feb 2018

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Chemical and Materials Industry

These elements could disappear from the world

We’re running out of the rare metals needed to power a high-tech future.

Adam Jezard 29 Nov 2017

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Oil and Gas

Norway's Central Bank has recommended oil and gas holdings are removed from its sovereign wealth fund

Norway's central bank has recommended that the Ministry of Finance remove oil and gas holdings from its $1 trillion (£760 billion) sovereign wealth fund.

Thomas Colson · Business Insider 20 Nov 2017

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