Lead ore and concentrates shortage
Nature
Lead has a base-life-index of between 30-60 years at current rate of extraction.
Incidence
If the consumption level of developing countries were to grow to that of rich industrial countries, then lead reserves would only last 3.4 more years (1994 estimate).
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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
J1645
DOCID
12016450
D7NID
161840
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020