Earth's rarest metals ranked in supply risk list
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new list published by the British Geological Survey, or BGS, ranks 52 of Earth's elements based on their risk of supply disruption. Andrew Bloodworth, from BGS, points out that the likelihood of the world running out of these elements in the near future is slim but that the risks to their supply are from humans.