The European Commission is considering a list of “critical” minor metals and an announcement, including measures such as stockpiles, is expected later this year.

欧盟委员会(European Commission)正考虑列出一份“关键”稀有金属清单，并预计将于今年晚些时候宣布相关措施，其中包括建立储备。

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Gold electrodeposits are used for electric coupler for their excellent properties. Gold electrodeposits can be improved in hardness and wear resistance by codepositing with other minor metals.

镀层具有优良的各项性能，采用合金化镀金可进一步提高镀金层的硬度和耐磨性。

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They are composed of magnetite, Ni-rich metals and Fe-sulfides, with minor phosphate, silicate, and trace amounts of platinum-group element metals.

其中的主要矿物为磁铁矿、富镍金属和硫化物，另有少量磷酸盐、硅酸盐及微量的铂族金属。

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One bit of the world I know a good deal about is the mining and processing of various minor metals.

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Moving on into the 90s the great event in the non-ferrous and minor metals world (all of these metals are in one of those two groups) was the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Secondly, we deliberately mine, or do not mine, certain deposits of those other minerals as a result of the co-production of indium (this same economics is true of all of the minor metals, indeed, the definition often used of minor metal is one that is extracted as a co-product).

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