Economic challenges in the clean energy supply chain: The market for rare earth minerals and other critical inputs

Business Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-184

  Hensel, Nayantara D ^a  

^a Department of the Navy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; clean energy; energy security; rare earths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863807943     PISSN: 0007666X     EISSN: 1554432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/be.2011.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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