Supply-and-demand geoeconomic analysis of mineral resources of rare earth elements in the United States

Mining Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 74-82

  Nieto, A ^a   Lannuzzi, M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITION; EXPORT QUOTA; FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPS; GEOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL DEMAND; INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY; MINING REGULATIONS; ON CURRENTS; REE RESOURCES; WEB-BASED DATABASE;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MINERAL RESOURCES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; VISUALIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MAP; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860869197     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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