Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 19

What five nations supply most of the world's nonrenewable mineral resources? How dependent is the United States on other countries for important nonrenewable mineral resources? Explain the concern over U.S. access to rare earth mineral resources. Describe the conventional view of the relationship between the supply of a mineral resource and its market price. Explain why some economists believe this relationship no longer applies.