The World Copper Industry

Structure and Economic Analysis
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-61726-056-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Reihe: RFF Natural Resource Management Set

First Published in 2011.This is Volume 6 of the library collection of seven on Natural Resource Management and gives an analysis of the structure, physical characteristics, economics and a survey of the world copper industry and of the problems with which policy makers and students of the industry are currently concerned. There is heavy emphasis on foreign investment in mining, especially in the Third World copper producing countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mikesell, Raymond F

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Schwerindustrie, Montanindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Overview Brief History of Copper 2 The Physical Characteristics of the Copper Industry 3 World Markets for Copper: An Institutional Analysis 4 Copper Prices and Costs: An Historical Review 5 U.S. Demand for Copper: An Introduction to Theoretical and Econometric Analysis 6 Quantitative Analysis of Supply 7 International Copper Price Stabilization and Cartels 8 Investment in the Copper Industry: Practices and Approaches 9 Foreign Investment in Copper Mining 10 Conflict Resolution in Mine Development Contracts: Some Recent Examples 11 Some Economic Issues in Nationalization, Exploration, and the Rate of Exploitation of National Mineral 12 World Copper Resources, Mine Capacity, and Future Demand 13 Special Problems in the Future Supply of Copper 14 Summary and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Raymond F. Mikesell