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Handout and graphs by Joy Branlund, Southwestern Illinois College, using data from: Historical Statistics for Mineral and Mineral Commodities in the United States. USGS Data Series 140 (http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/), Wilburn, D.R. (2008) Material Use in the United States – Selected Case Studies for Cadmium, Cobalt, Lithium, and Nickel in Rechargeable Batteries. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5141 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5141/), and Buchmann, Isido, Batteries in a Portable World.

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