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- 155 Eagle Ridge Blvd, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
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CIM Oil Sands Phillip Mackey – The Global Energy Transition
CIM Oil Sands Branch Presents Phillip Mackey
Technical Presentation: The Global Energy Transition and Metals from the Present World to a Low-Carbon One. The Importance of Metals and Canada’s Role
Where: The Banquet155 Eagle Ridge Boulevard, Fort McMurray, AB, T9K 2Z7
When: March 7th 7:00-9:00pm
Costs: $5 at the door
The topic of this presentation is: The Global Energy Transition and Metals from the Present World to a Low-Carbon One. The Importance of Metals and Canada’s Role
Metals are central to the global energy transition towards a low-carbon world. For example, copper’s unrivalled electrical properties mean it is essential for all types of renewable energy, while nickel, cobalt and lithium are important battery metals; steel is essential for infrastructure projects. This presentation puts into perspective the importance of these critical metals in the global energy transition and discusses new mining-metallurgical technologies now under early development to meet the needs of a low-carbon world. This includes new technologies based on green hydrogen as a reductant and high-temperature electrolytic techniques for metal production. Given the challenges faced by the industry in meeting “Net Zero” and the technical and engineering work required means the timelines to reach this goal will be quite lengthy. Canada can play an important role in helping to diversify the global supply of critical metals and these aspects are also discussed.
