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Sustainable Mineral Resource Management—Insights into the Case of Phosphorus

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  • Gerald Steiner

    (Department of Knowledge and Communication Management, Danube University Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria)

  • Bernhard Geissler

    (Department of Knowledge and Communication Management, Danube University Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
    Faculty of Geosciences, University of Resources TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Geoengineering and Mining, Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg, Germany)

Abstract

Although it is among the most abundant elements in Earth’s crust (11th [ 1 ]) and water (13th [ 2 ]), phosphorus (P) is commonly referred to as “life’s bottleneck”, as “life can multiply until all the phosphorus is gone, and then there is an inexorable halt which nothing can prevent . . . ” [ 3 ]. [...]

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  • Gerald Steiner & Bernhard Geissler, 2018. "Sustainable Mineral Resource Management—Insights into the Case of Phosphorus," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-8, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:8:p:2732-:d:161657
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