Keith Veronese

Ph.D. Chemist, Author

Keith Veronese earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2011 and is the author of Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth from Prometheus Books. Rare takes an in-depth look at the little-known, elusive metals that power everything from smartphones to PS4s to nuclear weapons and the extent nations and corporations will go to extract them the furthest reaches of the globe.

Mining the consequences of the rare earths industry

February 25, 2017

by Keith Veronese

The little-known metals powering our electric cars, smartphones and nuclear weapons underlie a power battle between the nations and corporations that extract them.
- Nature & Biodiversity
- Mining
Mining the consequences of the rare earths industry

February 25, 2017

by Keith Veronese

The little-known metals powering our electric cars, smartphones and nuclear weapons underlie a power battle between the nations and corporations that extract them.
- Nature & Biodiversity
- Mining

Keith Veronese

Ph.D. Chemist, Author

Mining the consequences of the rare earths industry

Mining the consequences of the rare earths industry