Responsibility of consumers for mining capacity: decomposition analysis of scarcity-weighted metal footprints in the case of Japan
Summary: Metal-consuming countries depend on mining activity in other countries, which may impose potential pressure on sustainable metal supply. This study proposes an approach to analyze the responsibility of consuming countries for mining activities based on the decomposition analysis of scarcity...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220312220 |