Assessment of the Minerals and Materials Substitutions Efforts of the Bureau of Mines. Report of the Committee on Mineral Resources Technology

摘要

The report presents assessments of the efforts of the Bureau of Mines in two areas of its mineral resources technology program: alloy substitutes research, which deals with substitution of plentiful domestically available metals for imported strategic or critical metals, and minerals substitutes research, which deals with the development of strategic or critical mineral supplies from nontraditional domestic sources. Conclusions are presented and recommendations made on the need for establishing clearly defined goals, identifying equipment and manpower needs, determining optimum levels of support, redirecting programs to more long-range activities, continuing contract research, expanding cooperative agreements, continuing joint sponsorship of symposia and workshops, increasing levels of expertise in alloy development, and concentrating alloy substitution work at a single research center.