Mineral resource depletion assessment

Eco-Efficient Construction and Building Materials: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Eco-Labelling and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-37

  Valero Delgado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accounting; Hubbert peak; Minerals; Production trends; Reserves; Scarcity

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; NUCLEAR FUEL ACCOUNTING; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO;

ACCOUNTING PRACTICES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT; HUBBERT; MATERIAL SCARCITY; RESERVES; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SCARCITY;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84902390593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857097729.1.13     Document Type: Chapter

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