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nature 150, 395-396 (03 October 1942) | doi:10.1038/150395a0
The Exploitation of Minerals in Relation to National and World Planning
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ALL minerals are won by what used to be called 'robber economy'. Man has no control over the location of minerals: his efforts are directed towards the discovery and subsequent winning of deposits the position of which is dependent upon the geological structure of the earth, or towards the utilization of deposits not previously regarded as 'economic'.
