Evaluating the sufficiency of Japan's mineral resource entitlements for supply risk mitigation

Resources Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-80

  Hatayama, Hiroki ^a   Tahara, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Criticality; Japan; Mineral interests; Resource entitlements; Resource security; Supply risk

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); METALS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERALS;

A PILLARS; JAPAN; JAPANESE COMPANY; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MINING PROJECTS; RESOURCE ENTITLEMENTS; RESOURCE SECURITY; SUPPLY RISK;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

LEAD; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY; NIOBIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIN; TUNGSTEN;

JAPAN;

EID: 84923340647     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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