| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-10页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Scope of Research | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 RARE EARTH OXIDES (REO) IN A NUTSHELL | 第14-25页 |
| ·The Rare Earth Anthropogenic Cycle | 第14-16页 |
| ·Rare Earths as a Critical Resource | 第16-17页 |
| ·Supply and Demand | 第17-20页 |
| ·REO and the Environment | 第20-22页 |
| ·REO Politics | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY | 第25-36页 |
| ·Life Cycle Assessments | 第26-35页 |
| ·Goal and Scope | 第28-31页 |
| ·Life Cycle Inventory | 第31-32页 |
| ·Life Cycle Impacts Assessment | 第32-34页 |
| ·Interpretation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Policy Analysis | 第35-36页 |
| CHAPTER 4 LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY: RARE EARTH OXIDE (REO) PRODUCTION IN CHINA | 第36-54页 |
| ·Sichuan Region Bastnaesite | 第38-45页 |
| ·Excavation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Beneficiation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Hydrochloric Acid Leaching | 第41-43页 |
| ·P507Solvent Extraction | 第43-45页 |
| ·Baotou Region Mixed REO | 第45-49页 |
| ·Excavation | 第45页 |
| ·Beneficiation | 第45-46页 |
| ·REO Decomposition: High Temperature Sulfuric Acid Leaching and Alkaline Treatment | 第46-49页 |
| ·P507Solvent Extraction | 第49页 |
| ·Southern Provinces Ion-Adsorptive Clays | 第49-52页 |
| ·In-situ Leaching | 第50-52页 |
| ·P507Solvent Extraction | 第52页 |
| ·Illegal Mining | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CRADLE-TO-GATE LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT | 第54-68页 |
| ·Results of the Life Cycle Impacts Assessment | 第54-59页 |
| ·Decomposition of Results within each Production Stream | 第59-63页 |
| ·Uncertainties in the Results | 第63-65页 |
| ·An Approximation of Environmental Impacts from Illegal Mining | 第65-68页 |
| CHAPTER 6 IMPLICATIONS ON CHINESE RARE EARTH POLICY | 第68-78页 |
| ·Limiting Production | 第68-71页 |
| ·Improvements in REO Production and Waste Treatment Technologies | 第71-75页 |
| ·Cleaner Policies for a Cleaner Future | 第75-78页 |
| ·Recommendation 1: Bridge the gap between central and local governments | 第75-76页 |
| ·Recommendation 2: Continue implementing and enforcing production quotas | 第76页 |
| ·Recommendation 3: Strengthen efforts to consolidate the RE industry | 第76-77页 |
| ·Recommendation 4: Replace the use of magnesium oxide in the Baotou production stream | 第77页 |
| ·Recommendation 5: Invest in targeted technologies – alkaline treatment | 第77-78页 |
| CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 第78-80页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第78-79页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第79-80页 |
| References | 第80-86页 |
| Appendix A: Modeling Data | 第86-92页 |
| Appendix B: Model Screenshots | 第92-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-97页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第97页 |
