A detailed assessment of global nickel resource trends and endowments

Economic Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1813-1841

  Mudd, Gavin M ^a   Jowitt, Simon M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; MINERALS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DATA COMPILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GLOBAL DEMAND; PRIMARY FACTORS; RESOURCE TRENDS; SPECIALTY METALS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LATERITE; METALS INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCE; NICKEL; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84907389370     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: 15540774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.109.7.1813     Document Type: Review

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