Showing papers in "Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report in 1986"
TL;DR: This paper gave an historical background to the present struggle for control over Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, Australia's largest industrial company and a leading actor in the international mining and metals industry.
Abstract: The crisis in the international mining and metals industries has accelerated the process of concentration in the industry. This article gives an historical background to the present struggle for control over Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, Australia's largest industrial company and a leading actor in the international resources industry.
11 citations
TL;DR: The importance and prospects of small-scale gold mining in non-industrialized countries, with special reference to Nicaragua, were examined in this article, where the authors examined the importance and potential of mining in Nicaragua.
Abstract: In 1982 the gross value of global small-scale gold mining was 1.6 billion US dollars. This article examines the importance and prospects of small-scale gold mining in non-industrialized countries, with special reference to Nicaragua.
5 citations
TL;DR: In terms of value, the minerals industry of Angola is the largest in the SADCC, but this is almost entirely due to crude oil output as mentioned in this paper, which is the case in most of the countries in the region.
Abstract: In terms of value, the minerals industry of Angola is the largest in the SADCC, but this is almost entirely due to crude oil output. In the fifth article in our series on the mineral economies of t...
4 citations
TL;DR: The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) is a major actor in the international potash industry and the role of PSC in the market is discussed in detail in this paper.
Abstract: The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) is a major actor in the international potash industry RMR special correspondent Margaret Fry has interviewed PSC directors Steven Harapiak and Rolf Holzkaemper and former President David Dombowski on their views of the world potash industry and the role of PSC in the market
4 citations
TL;DR: Mozambique's mineral industry is one of the smallest in the SADCC, due more to neglect during the five decades of Portuguese colonialism than to a lack of resources.
Abstract: Mozambique's mineral industry is one of the smallest in the SADCC, due more to neglect during the five decades of Portuguese colonialism than to a lack of resources. From independence in 1975 the new Frelimo government made rapid progress in mineral exploration and was at the point of a major expansion in exploitation when, from 1981, the South African regime stepped up and intensified the destabilization of Mozambique.
3 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the structure of the coal industry has changed considerably since the late fifties when coal lost its battle against oil and with the reemphasis on coal as an energy source after the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, new ownership patterns have emerged.
Abstract: The structure of the world coal industry has changed considerably since the late fifties when coal lost its battle against oil. With the reemphasis on coal as an energy source after the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, new ownership patterns have emerged. This article indicates which corporations dominate the industry and tries to analyse some aspects of world coal production and trade.
2 citations
TL;DR: In terms of value the Zambian minerals industry is the second largest in the SADCC, but it is virtually all copper and its byproduct cobalt as discussed by the authors, and the main difficulty presently facing Zambian planners is the constantly declining real value of the principal export product, copper.
Abstract: In terms of value the Zambian minerals industry is the second largest in the SADCC, but it is virtually all copper and its byproduct cobalt. From independence in 1964, the government made some progress in the diversification of the economy by expanding the manufacturing industry, but this was in turn dependent on copper earnings for the import of inputs. At the same time there was a stagnation and then a decline of the agricultural sector. The main difficulty presently facing Zambian planners is the constantly declining real value of the principal export product, copper.
2 citations
TL;DR: In a series of articles RMR will examine the mineral economies of the SADCC countries, with special reference to the nature and extent of the dominance exercised by South African mining capital.
Abstract: In a series of articles RMR will examine the mineral economies of the SADCC countries, with special reference to the nature and extent of the dominance exercised by South African mining capital. In this article a methodological approach for the study is outlined and discussed by Jerker Carlsson.
2 citations
TL;DR: The relative stagnation of the world steel industry has significantly changed the structure of a number of mineral industries supplying raw materials to the steel industry, notably iron or coal as mentioned in this paper. But this is not discussed in this paper.
Abstract: The relative stagnation of the world steel industry has significantly changed the structure of a number of mineral industries supplying raw materials to the steel industry, notably iron or...
1 citations
TL;DR: Rice as discussed by the authors analyzed the tradition and the efforts of the present government to increase gold production in the midst of a social experiment which goes against the long standing relations between Central and North America.
Abstract: Gold mining is inextricably woven in Nicaragua's economic and geographic history. In the following article Robert A Rice analyses this tradition and the efforts of the present government to increase gold production in the midst of a social experiment which goes against the long standing relations between Central and North America.
1 citations
TL;DR: In the second article in our series on the mineral economies of the SADCC countries Paul Jourdan looks at Zimbabwe as discussed by the authors, which is the only country in the region where mining is considered a major economic activity.
Abstract: In the second article in our series on the mineral economies of the SADCC countries Paul Jourdan looks at Zimbabwe.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine attempts to promote industrial democracy in the state-owned Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, North America's largest producer of potash, and suggest mechanisms that may overcome some of these barriers.
Abstract: This article examines attempts to promote industrial democracy in the state-owned Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, North America's largest producer of potash. These attempts illustrate some of the barriers to industrial democracy within state-owned industries and the North American system of industrial relations, and suggest mechanisms that may overcome some of these barriers.