A dynamic perspective of the geopolitical supply risk of metals

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 850-858

  Habib, Komal ^a   Hamelin, Lorie ^a   Wenzel, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Critical resources; Geopolitical supply risk; Global transition of mining; Metals; Primary production

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRITICAL RESOURCES; GLOBAL TRANSITIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SUPPLY RISK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84988908279     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.118     Document Type: Article

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