In western countries, an increasing share of metals is imported. While the supply of metals used in everyday products requires to be reduced, many economic sectors could be considerably affected. A distinction should be made between base metals (iron, copper, zinc, lead…) and rare metals, little known to the general public, and yet at the heart of high technology industries.
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Fouquet, Y., & Martel-Jantin, B. (2014). Rare and strategic metals. In Deep Marine Mineral Resources (pp. 55–64). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8563-1_3
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