National and international management of mineral resources

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• 责任者：Jones ; M. J.
• 责任方式：Edited
• 出版者：The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
• 出版年：1900
• 出版地：New York
• 出版日期：1900/1/1 0:00:00
• 分类号：403
• 语言：English

摘要

It may surprise many to be reminded of the fact that just 200 years ago Great Britain was the world’s largest producer of metals. Of course, the tonnages involved were not great-less than 20 000 tonnes of iron per year-but at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution the producers and consumers of metal were one and the same.