ENSC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Baby Powder, Open-Pit Mining, Aluminium Oxide

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENSC 2001
• Professor: Quentin Gall

Document Summary

Many important minerals resources are found in 5 major industrial country 34. 1% of world land area. (canada: 16. 7% land area, 46. 8% potash, 14. 6% zinc) (south africa: 88. 6% platinum) (us: 49. 5% molybedenum, 11. 4% gold) (china: largest rare earth material) Our society depends on the availability of mineral resources. All othe(cid:396) thi(cid:374)gs (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g e(cid:395)ual, o(cid:374)e"s sta(cid:374)da(cid:396)d of li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eases (cid:449)ith the increased availability of minerals in useful forms. The availability of mineral resources is one measure of the wealth of a society. Without mineral resources, modern technological civilization as we know it would not be possible. Finite amount of mineral resources and growing demands for the resources. Supply shortage due to growing global industrialization, with more developed countries consuming disproportionate share of mineral resources. The erratic distribution of the resources and uneven consumption of the resources. Highly developed countries use most of the resources.