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Accounting for mineral resources: Issues and BEA's initial estimates

A discussion of the conceptual and methodological issues in mineral resource accounting

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Accounting for mineral resources: Issues and BEA's initial estimates. Nat Resour Res 4, 34–59 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02257016

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