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This article, the second in a series on the environment, deals with the way in which price and demand are likely to shape the future availability of raw materials.
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MADDOX, J. Raw Materials and the Price Mechanism. Nature 236, 331–334 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236331a0
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