Decreasing Metal Ore Grades: Are They Really Being Driven by the Depletion of High-Grade Deposits?

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-168

  West, James ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; ORE BODY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 79953307650     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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