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The beginning of Lavoisier's table of simple substances (elements), which included light (lumière) and caloric (calorique), together with oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen (Lavoisier, 1789, vol. 1, p. 192).
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In his book "Identité et réalité", Émile Meyerson argued for a philosophical a priori background in the case of all scientific conservation laws. This work discusses one of the specific cases he addressed, the conservation of mass in chemical reactions. It analyzes the attitudes of Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and Hans Landolt regarding their own e...
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Global resource extraction raises concerns about environmental pressures and the security of mineral supply. Strategies to address these concerns depend on robust information on natural resource endowments, and on suitable methods to monitor and model their changes over time. However, current mineral resources and reserves reporting and accounting workflows are poorly suited for addressing mineral depletion or answering questions about the long-term sustainable supply. Our integrative review finds that the lack of a robust theoretical concept and framework for mass-balance (MB)-consistent geological stock accounting hinders systematic industry-government data integration, resource governance, and strategy development. We evaluate the existing literature on geological stock accounting, identify shortcomings of current monitoring of mine production, and outline a conceptual framework for MB-consistent system integration based on material flow analysis (MFA). Our synthesis shows that recent developments in Earth observation, geoinformation management, and sustainability reporting act as catalysts that make MB-consistent geological stock accounting increasingly feasible. We propose first steps for its implementation and anticipate that our perspective as “resource realists” will facilitate the integration of geological and anthropogenic material systems, help secure future mineral supply, and support the global sustainability transition.
