Author: Choon K. Quan
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309112826
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has ushered in a number of new mineral uses in a number of products including cell phones (e.g., tantalum) and liquid crystal displays (e.g., indium). For some minerals, such as the platinum group metals used to make cataytic converters in cars, there is no substitute. If the supply of any given mineral were to become restricted, consumers and sectors of the U.S. economy could be significantly affected. Risks to minerals supplies can include a sudden increase in demand or the possibility that natural ores can be exhausted or become too difficult to extract. Minerals are more vulnerable to supply restrictions if they come from a limited number of mines, mining companies, or nations. Baseline information on minerals is currently collected at the federal level, but no established methodology has existed to identify potentially critical minerals. This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of tool.

Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 654

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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309169836
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries of the Future Program to complement information provided to the program by the National Mining Association. Subsequently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also became a sponsor of this study, and the Statement of Task was expanded to include health and safety. The overall objectives of this study are: (a) to review available information on the U.S. mining industry; (b) to identify critical research and development needs related to the exploration, mining, and processing of coal, minerals, and metals; and (c) to examine the federal contribution to research and development in mining processes.

Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1528

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Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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Category : Federal aid to research
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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