1
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Employees
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67,000
2
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Key facts
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Largest copper mine
Controls 20% world reserves
3
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Issues
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Chuquicamata used to be home to 25,000 people
Trace elements, GHG and sulphur dioxide from pit
Agriculture and water quality at risk
Pressure from the chinese economy
4
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Tried to fix with
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Relocated to Calama
$600 million on emissions
Calama has investment from Codelco
Resources
flashcards
Decks in class (35)
# Cards
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Key definitions22
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Sustainable resource development and EIA5
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Case study: Sustainable development3
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Case study: EIA4
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Energy: Patterns of production8
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Energy: Patterns of consumption8
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Energy: trade7
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Energy: Geopolitics4
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Minerals: Patterns of production]4
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Minerals: Patterns of consumption and trade5
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Minerals: Geopolitics4
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Water10
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Water: Hydropolitics5
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Basics of water security6
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Abstraction methods7
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Strategies to increase water supply4
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Case study: Aswan Dam4
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Strategies to manage consumption2
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Water: sustainability issues5
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Global water conflicts6
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Basics of energy3
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Energy mixes6
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Physical geography affecting energy4
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Case study: Gazprom4
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Case study: Athabasca tar sands6
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Strategies to increase energy supply3
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Strategies to manage energy consumption5
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Sustainability issues for energy4
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Copper basics7
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Case study: Codelco4
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Sustainability issues for mineral extraction3
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Resource futures: Energy5
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Case study: UK Fracking6
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Resource futures: Water5
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Resource futures: Ore5
