Nature
Aluminium has a base-life-index of about 250 years at current rate of extraction.
Incidence
If the consumption level of developing countries were to grow to that of rich industrial countries, then aluminium reserves would only last 341 more years (1994 estimate).
Broader
Related
Strategy
Value
UIA organization
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
- Fundamental sciences » Metallic elements and alloys
- Industry » Products
- Resources » Minerals
- Societal problems » Scarcity
Content quality
Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
U3001
DOCID
13130010
D7NID
160229
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020