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- Title
Deep dilemma.
- Abstract
The article discusses deep sea mining for rare earth elements (REEs), which are essential components of modern electronics. Topics include a type of sedimentary rock formation composed of manganese, called polymetallic nodules, discovered by scientists aboard the HMS Challenger research vessel 140 years ago, RRE researchers Tracey Shimmield of the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban and Jon Copley of the Southampton Oceanography Center in England, and land-based RRE mines in China.
- Subjects
CHINA; MARINE mineral resources; RARE earth metals; MANGANESE nodules; OCEAN mining; ELECTRONIC equipment industry; SEAMOUNTS; MINERAL industries
- Publication
Chemistry & Industry, 2014, Vol 78, Issue 6, p32
- ISSN
0009-3068
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cind.786_12.x