Converting ‘MineLCA’ into a licensable software tool to enable predictive environmental performance data to be undertaken for mining projects.

采矿业直接产生了全球温室气体(GHG)的11%。包括间接影响，如与发电有关的对煤矿的影响，这一比例上升到35%[经合组织/国际能源署，2018年]。向低碳经济的过渡正在顺利进行，并正在加速。但与化石燃料的等价物相比，低排放能源和交通系统的矿物密集度更高。这一转变意味着，欧洲和世界各地将需要更多的矿场，从而实现低影响的本地化供应链。例如，预计到2050年，低碳技术中使用的矿物锂将增长965%，钴将增长585%，石墨将增长383%，铟将增长241%[世界银行，2019年]。新矿需要确保以对环境负责的方式开采这些关键矿物。Minviro开发了评估不同采矿项目配置的环境影响的技术，这可以支持减少项目的碳足迹。这项技术将被用于：采矿和工程公司，以将自身项目的影响降至最低；投资者，以确保他们不会将资金投入对环境有害的高风险资产；以及设备制造商，如电动汽车制造商，以确保他们从具有良好环保表现的矿山采购金属。

The mining sector generates 11% of global greenhouse gases (GHG) directly. Include indirect impacts, such as impacts associated with electricity generation to power mines and this rises to \>35% \[OECD/IEA, 2018\].The transition to a low-carbon economy is well underway and accelerating. But low-emission energy and transportation systems are more mineral-intensive compared to the fossil fuel equivalents. The transition means more mines will be required in Europe and around the world, allowing for a low-impact localised supply chain. For example, minerals used in low-carbon technologies are projected to rise by 965% for lithium, 585% for cobalt, 383% for graphite and 241% for indium by 2050 \[World Bank, 2019\].New mines need to ensure they are extracting these critical minerals in an environmentally responsible way. Minviro has developed technology to assess the environmental impacts of different mining project configurations, which can support in reducing the carbon footprint of projects. The technology will be used: by mining and engineering companies to minimise the impact of their own projects; by investors to ensure that they are not putting money into a high-risk environmentally damaging assets; and by equipment manufacturers, such as electric car manufacturers, to ensure they are procuring metals from mines that have a good environmental performance.