| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Governance of the world's mineral resources/ Theo Henckens. |
| Reminder of title: |
beyond the foreseeable future / |
| Author: |
Henckens, Theo. |
| Published: |
Amsterdam, Netherlands ;Elsevier, : 2021., |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 454 p.) :ill. (some col.) |
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Front Cover -- GOVERNANCE OF THE WORLD'S MINERAL RESOURCES -- GOVERNANCE OF THE WORLD'S MINERAL RESOURCES -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 -- Introduction -- References -- 2 -- The availability of mineral resources1 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Availability of a resource in relation to the crustal abundance of an element -- 2.3 Estimation of total global deposits by extrapolation of US data -- 2.4 The tectonic diffusion model -- 2.5 Deeper mining -- 2.6 Resources in seawater -- 2.7 Resources on the sea floor -- 2.8 Extraterrestrial resources -- 2.9 Conclusion -- References |
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3 -- Limits to the extractability of mineral resources1 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mineral resource exhaustion -- 3.2.1 Scarcity -- 3.2.2 Two scenarios -- 3.2.3 Estimated exhaustion periods -- 3.3 Peak minerals -- 3.3.1 Peak oil -- 3.3.2 Peak approach for non-fossil mineral resources -- 3.4 Energy use as a limiting factor for the extractability of mineral resources -- 3.5 Environmental impact as a limiting factor -- 3.6 Carriers and companions -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- 4 -- Critical raw materials -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Different approaches |
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4.3 Supply risk and vulnerability indicators -- 4.3.1 Supply risk indicators -- 4.3.2 Vulnerability indicators -- 4.4 Criticality lists -- References -- 5 -- Mineral resources ethics1 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Different ethical views -- 5.2.1 Pessimists versus optimists -- 5.2.2 Different sustainability paradigms -- 5.3 Applicable normative principles -- 5.3.1 International agreements on natural resources -- 5.3.2 Inventory of normative principles in existing agreements and their relevance for mineral resources depletion -- 5.3.3 The Principle of Conservation and/or Sustainable Use of Resources |
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5.3.4 The precautionary principle -- 5.3.5 The Intergenerational Equity Principle -- 5.4 Sustainability goals -- 5.4.1 The time horizon -- 5.4.2 Affordability -- 5.4.3 Intragenerational equity -- 5.4.4 World population -- 5.5 The sustainable extraction rate of mineral resources -- bksec2_12 -- Notes -- References -- 6 -- The price mechanism1 -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mineral resources prices and geological scarcity -- 6.3 Price trends and geological scarcity -- 6.4 Mineral resource prices and scarcity -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6 . Annex to Chapter 6 |
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Real price development of commodities -- 7 -- Thirteen scarce resources analyzed -- 7.1 -- Introduction -- 7.1.1 Recovery efficiency improvement -- 7.1.2 Substitution -- 7.1.3 Material efficiency improvement -- 7.1.4 Reduction of in-use dissipation -- 7.1.5 Decrease in downcycling -- 7.1.6 Increase in recycling -- 7.1.7 In-use stock -- 7.1.8 Discussion -- References -- 7.2 -- Antimony1 -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Properties and applications -- 7.2.2.1 Nonmetallurgical applications -- 7.2.2.1.1 Antimony in flame-retardants -- 7.2.2.1.2 Antimony as PET catalyst |
| Subject: |
Mining law. - |
| Online resource: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128238868 |
| ISBN: |
9780128242032 |