Giant Metallic Deposits Future Sources of Industrial Metals /

• Main Author: Laznicka, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Economic geology.; Mineral resources.; Mineralogy.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has greatly increased in the age of...