Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852722312
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
World Mineral Statistics: Industrial minerals
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852722312
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
World Mineral Statistics 1986-90: Industrial minerals
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852722114
Category : Industrial minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Minerals Yearbook
Author: World Mineral Statistics 1982-86
Author: British Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780852721032
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Industrial Minerals & Rocks
Author: Jessica Elzea KogelPublisher: SME
ISBN: 9780873352338
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1576
Book Description
News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
World Mineral Statistics 1997-2001
Author: L. E. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780852724514
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Minerals Yearbook
Author: Advances in the Characterization of Industrial Minerals
Author: G.E. ChristidisPublisher: The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
ISBN: 0903056283
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The advancement of human civilization has been intimately associated with the exploitation of raw materials. In fact the distinction of the main historical eras is based on the type of raw materials used. Hence, passage from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age is characterized by the introduction of basic metals mainly copper, zinc and tin in human activities; the Iron Age is marked by the use of iron as the predominant metal. The use of metals has increased and culminated with the industrial revolution in the mid-eighteenth century, which marked the onset of the industrial age in the western world. Since then the importance of metals has gradually been surpassed by industrial minerals in the industrialized countries. Industrial minerals are raw materials used by industry for their physical and/or chemical properties. Characterization of industrial minerals is important for their assessment and can be demanding and often complicated. This new volume, co-published by the European Mineralogical Union and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, is based on papers presented at an EMU-Erasmus IP School which was held in the Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece. The aim of the School was to describe advances in some of the analytical methods used to characterize industrial minerals and to propose additional methods which are currently not used for this purpose.
Minerals Yearbook
Author: Critical Mineral Resources of the United States
Author: K. J. SchulzPublisher: Geological Survey
ISBN: 9781411339910
Category : Industrial minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
As the importance and dependence of specific mineral commodities increase, so does concern about their supply. The United States is currently 100 percent reliant on foreign sources for 20 mineral commodities and imports the majority of its supply of more than 50 mineral commodities. Mineral commodities that have important uses and face potential supply disruption are critical to American economic and national security. However, a mineral commodity's importance and the nature of its supply chain can change with time; a mineral commodity that may not have been considered critical 25 years ago may be critical today, and one considered critical today may not be so in the future. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced this volume to describe a select group of mineral commodities currently critical to our economy and security. For each mineral commodity covered, the authors provide a comprehensive look at (1) the commodity's use; (2) the geology and global distribution of the mineral deposit types that account for the present and possible future supply of the commodity; (3) the current status of production, reserves, and resources in the United States and globally; and (4) environmental considerations related to the commodity's production from different types of mineral deposits. The volume describes U.S. critical mineral resources in a global context, for no country can be self-sufficient for all its mineral commodity needs, and the United States will always rely on global mineral commodity supply chains. This volume provides the scientific understanding of critical mineral resources required for informed decisionmaking by those responsible for ensuring that the United States has a secure and sustainable supply of mineral commodities.