Metallic Mineral Resources in the Twenty-First Century. I. Historical Extraction Trends and Expected Demand

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-90

  Patiño Douce, Alberto E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

exhaustion; historical; Metal; ore deposit; reserve; resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958887313     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-015-9266-z     Document Type: Article

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