Uncovering the end uses of the rare earth elements

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 781-784

  Du, Xiaoyue ^a,b   Graedel, T E ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; End use; Flow; Rare earth elements (REE); Sankey diagram

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; CONSUMPTION; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; END-USES; FLOW; PRODUCTION OF; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; SANKEY DIAGRAM;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

CERIUM; DYSPROSIUM; ELEMENT; ERBIUM; HOLMIUM; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; PROMETHIUM; TERBIUM; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; JAPAN; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMPTION; END USE; FLOW; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE); SANKEY DIAGRAM;

CHINA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881232368     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.099     Document Type: Article

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