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Analysis of Minerals Produced by hFOB 1.19 and Saos-2 Cells Using Transmission Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis
Published on: June 24, 2018
Peak nothing: recent trends in mineral resource production
1Corning Incorporated, One Science Center Drive SP TD 01-1, Corning, New York 14831, United States. rustadjr@corning.com
Abstract:
The Hubbert-type analysis used to analyze the production history of oil is applied here to other raw materials. Many resources commonly thought of as being close to "peaking" such as lithium, helium, copper, and the rare earth elements, show no evidence of logistic behavior at any point in their production histories. Although many resources have exhibited logistic behavior in the past, many now show exponential or superexponential growth. In most cases, the transition has occurred in the last ten to twenty years.
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