The Exergy Replacement Costs of Mineral Wealth - Thanatia: The Destiny of the Earth's Mineral Resources - page 367

Table 12.5: The exergy and exergy cost of the mineral reserves, and world
resources. Values are expressed in ktoe

Production Reserves Resources

B B B Substance

reported
by USGS

Mineral ore B B B

Aluminium
(Bauxite)

Gibbsite 5.86E+02 1.09E+06 7.72E+04 1.44E+08 2.14E+05 4.00E+08

Antimony Stibnite 4.93E+01 2.29E+03 5.26E+02 2.45E+04 N.A. N.A.

Arsenic Arsenopyrite 1.12E+01 2.38E+02 2.60E+02 5.53E+03 2.34E+03 4.97E+04

Barium Barite 3.12E+01 N.A. 6.59E+02 N.A. 7.76E+03 N.A.

Beryllium Beryl 1.17E-02 6.39E-01 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Bismuth Bismuthinite 9.94E-01 1.10E+00 4.13E+01 4.59E+01 N.A. N.A.

Boron Kernite 3.69E+02 N.A. 1.44E+04 N.A. N.A. N.A.

Cadmium Greenockite 3.17E+00 2.84E+03 9.55E+01 8.54E+04 9.71E+02 8.69E+05

Cesium Pollucite N.A. N.A. 2.23E-01 N.A. N.A. N.A.

Chromium Chromite 3.47E+02 1.61E+03 1.18E+04 5.50E+04 4.05E+05 1.89E+06

Cobalt Linnaeite 3.14E+01 0.00E+00 2.73E+03 0.00E+00 6.21E+03 0.00E+00

Copper Chalcopyrite 8.94E+03 4.17E+04 3.13E+05 1.46E+06 1.74E+06 8.13E+06

Feldspar Orthoclase 7.30E+01 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Fluorspar Fluorite 2.53E+02 N.A. 9.65E+03 N.A. 2.10E+04 N.A.

Gallium Ga in bauxite 1.96E-02 N.A. N.A. N.A. 1.77E+02 N.A.

Germanium Ge in sulphide ores 2.60E-02 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Gold Native gold 1.92E-02 3.24E+04 3.99E-01 6.73E+05 N.A. N.A.

Graphite Graphite 9.46E+02 N.A. 6.00E+04 N.A. 6.76E+05 N.A.

Gypsum Gypsum 8.78E+02 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Hafnium Hf in Zn ores 3.71E+01 N.A. 8.00E+04 N.A. N.A. N.A.

Helium He in natural gas N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Indium In in Zn, Pb and

Cu sulfides

5.45E-02 N.A. 1.05E+00 N.A. N.A. N.A.

Iodine I in brines 5.34E-01 N.A. 3.02E+02 N.A. 6.85E+02 N.A.

Iron ore Hematite 1.17E+04 9.67E+05 4.04E+05 3.36E+07 5.78E+05 4.79E+07