Erratum to: Natural Resources Research (© 2017) DOI 10.1007/s11053-017-9343-6

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Figure 2. In the graph, the green line should indicate Ni instead of Mn. The corrected figure is given below.

Figure 2
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World production scenario 2013–2050, expressed in billion metric tonnes per megagram of a selection of minerals and metals required for infrastructure, building, mass-produced industrial goods or agriculture. Y scale is logarithmic. Compiled from USGS data