Global in-use stocks of the rare earth elements: A first estimate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4096-4101

  Du, Xiaoyue ^a   Graedel, T E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED FLOW; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RARE EARTH METALS; RARE EARTH OXIDE;

ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; HOLMIUM; RARE EARTHS; YTTERBIUM;

LANTHANUM;

CERIUM; DYSPROSIUM; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; HOLMIUM; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; METAL; NEODYMIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; TERBIUM; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FLOW MEASUREMENT; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; JAPAN; METALS, RARE EARTH; MINING; OXIDES; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955549317     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102836s     Document Type: Article

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