Towards a sustainable use of primary boron. Approach to a sustainable use of primary resources

摘要: Abstract The sustainable use of raw materials does not only concern the environmental impacts their production and consumption, but also intergenerational distribution access to material or services provided by that material. From this sustainability perspective, current generations should deprive future from economically accessible ores, they have responsibility assure a sufficient quantity enriched deposits primary continues be available for generations. Comparing extraction rate different use, some are scarcer than others. Elements like aluminum, magnesium, titanium vanadium relatively abundant cannot considered critical geological point view. view availability generations, action is really urgent these elements. However, other elements, antimony, rhenium, gold, zinc molybdenum scarce perspective. elements sustainable. Boron element, comparing availability. ores may depleted within two hundred years. This affect negatively in securing boron. Therefore, we investigated whether boron could reduced level) without losing any currently In framework designed generally applicable approach investigating what extent combination substitution, efficiency recycling reduce level.