As well as there having been constant advances in mining and the extraction of ores, mankind's exploitation of heavy metals has increased without let as chemical industries have used our rich knowledge of chemistry to create techniques and develop their all-round potentials.
除了開採、提煉礦石的技術日益猛進，人們利用重金屬的量有增無減，化工業界更以豐富的化學合成技術，開發了重金屬的全方位功能。