Seven thousand years in the service of humanity-the history of copper, the red metal

Resources Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-184

  Radetzki, Marian ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption and prices; Copper in antiquity; Copper in modern uses; Long run trends in production; Main copper substitutes in history

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION AND PRICES; LONG-RUN TRENDS IN PRODUCTION; MAIN COPPER SUBSTITUTES IN HISTORY; OPTIC FIBER; RED METALS; UKRAINE;

ALUMINA; COSTS; METALS;

COPPER;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COPPER; METALS INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349814648     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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