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Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners are switching to renewable energy

Associated Press journalists Victoria Milko and Dita Alangkara report that demand for critical minerals like nickel and cobalt is surging as climate change hastens a transition to renewable energy, boosting carbon emissions by miners and processors of such materials.

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