Iron ore and concentrates shortage
Nature
Iron 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 iron reserves would only last 63.6 more years (1994 estimate).
Broader
Strategy
Value
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
G2277
DOCID
11722770
D7NID
161839
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020