Lanthanides, tantalun and niobiun. Mineralogy, geochemistry, characteristics of primary ore deposits, prospecting, processing and applications / Лантаноиды, тантал и ниобий. Минералогия, геохимия, характеристика основных рудных месторождений, поиск ...

At a time of surplus of nearly all metals and the inevitable closing of many mining operations, it is a matter of the industry's survival to seek new commodities that are in high demand. The lanthanides, better known as the rare-earth elements (REE), tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) are among the promising alternatives. Bibliographies of the metallogeny and related aspects of these elements are surprisingly short, despite their rapidly increasing importance in modern technology. A need to review and condense the available expertise has been ernerging in the recent past <...>