Coal deposits as promising sources of rare metals for alternative power and energy-efficient technologies

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Seredin, Vladimir V ^a   Dai, Shifeng ^b   Sun, Yuzhuang ^c   Chekryzhov, Igor Yu ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^d FAR EAST GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE POWER; BENEFICIAL USE; COAL BASINS; COAL EXPLOITATION; COAL SEAMS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; MODES OF OCCURRENCES; RARE METALS;

COAL; DEPOSITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GERMANIUM; METALS;

COAL DEPOSITS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BASEMENT ROCK; COAL SEAM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION METHOD; GEOACCUMULATION; HOST ROCK; ORE DEPOSIT; POWER GENERATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EID: 84875099645     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.009     Document Type: Review

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