Non-Renewable Resource Issues : Geoscientific and Societal Challenges /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sinding-Larsen, Richard. (Editor), Wellmer, Friedrich-W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:International Year of Planet Earth
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The exhaustion of mineral resources
  • A truism or a state of mind?-  Stretching the availability of non-renewable resources
  • Challenges in the optimal management of remaining petroleum resources
  • Uranium: The world's energy mineral.-  Coal: an energy source for future world needs!?- Natural gas hydrates: Recent research and assessment developments
  • Challenges of the European Mining Industry in the Years to Come.-  Commision Raw Materials Initiative
  • The metal market: A new corporate landscape emerging
  • Developments and trends in the availability of non-ferrous mineral raw materials.-  Future of metal mining in Europe - a fennoscandian perspective
  • Tomorrow's gold resources: Where will we find them?-  Global assessment of undiscovered mineral resources: Opportunities and challenges
  • Marine minerals: A new perspective
  • Ocean floor mining
  • Rare earth elements: a new scope of mining for saving energy and environment
  • Metals for a sustainable modern society.