UBC & global partners speed renewable energy transition with Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials projects

June 16, 2025

UBC is partnering with researchers from Imperial College London, the University of California, Berkeley, Australian National University and Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand to revolutionize how we produce, use and recycle critical minerals needed for modern technologies and the clean energy transition.  

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