Minerals Handbook 1994-95: Statistics and Analyses of the World's Minerals Industry

ISBN-13: 9781349134335 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 328 str.

Phillip Crowson

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Drawn from a wide range of sources, the statistics in this handbook cover 46 minerals. This edition has been updated to include the latest available figures and prices. Statistics for capacity are given as well as conversion factors between the commonly-traded forms of each mineral.

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Tables: Production and Reserves by Main Geo-Political Grouping; The "Adequacy" of Reserves; The Value of Annual Production; The Growth of World Reserves of Selected Products; Import Dependence: European Community, Japan, UK and US; The Historic Growth of Total Mine Production; Comparative Growth Rates of Consumption for EC, Japan and US; South Africa's Share of World Reserves and Production. Minerals: Aluminium / Alumina / Bauxite - Antimony - Arsenic - Asbestos - Barytes - Beryllium - Bismuth - Boron - Cadmium - Chromium Cobalt - Copper - Fluorspar - Gallium - Germanium - Gold - Industrial Diamonds - Iron Ore Lead - Lithium - Magnesium - Manganese - Mercury - Molybdenum - Nickel - Niobium (Columbium) - Phosphate - Platinum Group - Potash - Rare Earths - Rhenium - Selenium - Silicon - Silver - Sulphur - Tantalum - Tellurium - Tin - Titanium - Tungsten - Uranium - Vanadium - Zinc - Zirconium. Data: World reserves; World mine production (refinery and primary production); Reserve / Production rations; World smelter production; world capacity; Consumption by country / region; End use patterns; Value of contained metal in annual production; Substitutes; Technical possibilities prices; Marketing.