Social and environmental impact of the rare earth industries

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-134

  Ali, Saleem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental conflict; Green energy; Industrial ecology; Korea; Kuantan; Lynas; Malaysia; Nuclear; Rare earths; Recycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922116067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources3010123     Document Type: Article

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