The University of Waterloo’s Lumet – Illuminating Metal Supply Chains project has secured an additional $50,000 in collaborative funding through a new joint grant with researchers at University College London (UCL). The boost builds on Lumet’s existing $1 million NSERC Alliance Missions grant (2024-2027), bringing fresh momentum to efforts that aim to make supply chains for critical minerals such as nickel, germanium and lithium more transparent, responsible and resilient.
Led by Dr. Steven B. Young, professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Lumet integrates engineering, sustainability science and management to “illuminate” environmental and social performance along mineral value chains. The project’s Canadian-focused research maps voluntary sustainability standards and partners with industry to address the patchwork of ESG requirements facing producers. The Waterloo group is complemented by researchers in the Department of Materials Engineering at The University of British Columbia and The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Queen’s University.
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