Concise Encyclopaedia of Mineral Resources (Advances in Materials Science and Engineering)

The Concise Encyclopedias draw relevant articles from the Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, the only complete reference work in this rapidly developing field. Where necessary, articles have been revised and new articles have been commissioned to provide current accounts of the most recent developments in each area. Copublished with Pergamon Press.Mineral resources have allowed the development of a modern industrial and technological society. The problem of guaranteeing future mineral supplies is addressed here in articles that define mineral deposits in terms of economics - through past, present, and projected data on consumption and mode of usage - and in terms of geology through feasibility of recovery and grade and tonnage of known and potential deposits.