Articles by: Theo Henckens

Scarce Minerals Are Running Out: Mining Quotas Are Needed

Scarce Minerals Are Running Out: Mining Quotas Are Needed

  To ensure that sufficient zinc, molybdenum and antimony are available for our greatgrandchildren’s generation, we need an international mineral resources agreement. Molybdenum is essential for the manufacture of high-grade stainless steels, but at present molybdenum is hardly recycled. Yet unless reuse of molybdenum is dramatically increased, the extractable reserves of molybdenum on Earth will run out in about eighty[Read More…]

by 05/01/2017 2 comments Resource Crisis
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