Showing papers in "Resources Policy in 1982"

TL;DR: The authors discusses the structure of gold supply and demand, the present pattern of production of new gold and the possible effect of future price changes on Western gold mine production in the 1980s.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the development impact of mining and mineral processing on the regions in which they are located and propose a framework for policy formulation in resource-rich developing countries which consider the exploitation of their mineral wealth.

TL;DR: In this article, the scope for stabilizing commodity prices by buffer stock interventions is investigated, and an optimal control approach is used to evaluate the scope at best for intervention at best.

TL;DR: In this paper, a non-homogeneous variable-elasticity-of-substitution production function is estimated using data for the Welsh coal industry from 1961 to 1976, showing that the elasticity of substitution between capital and labour in the coal industry is still large and there may be room for greater employment in the industry at a time of high and rising unemployment.

TL;DR: The aim of the North-South "summit" conference in 1981 was to bridge the wealth gap between the few industrial nations and the hundred-odd poor countries Unfortunately no firm proposals materialized The rich nations refused to increase their aid transfers to the developing countries or to correct the growing inequalities in world trade as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the Soviet aluminium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lead, manganese, platinum, titanium and zinc industries, and offered views of the Soviet resource future in each area.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the changing character of the world hardwood trade, and the factors that will affect future supply, demand, and price, and emphasized the need for huge investments on a global scale in afforestation and research to fully realize the potential of the tropical biomass.

TL;DR: In this paper, the production, price and economic resources profiles of a number of mineral commodities are examined and consideration is given to the theory that such profiles can be related to one another within the framework of a life-cycle model of development.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the relative importance of Ricardian and monopoly rents in the Canadian nickel industry over the period 1961-74 and find that monopoly rents were more important than Ricardians.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review recent estimates of world resources and reserves and note that reserves tend to grow with mineral consumption, and that legal and economic constraints to the extraction of minerals are at least as important as physical availability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the potential of biomass energy and the trade-offs involved in using such land for biomass farms, and propose an inventory-based approach to assess the amount of land potentially available for biomass production and the environmental implications of an energy farm and free the land from competing uses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the secondary materials supply potential of the municipal waste stream is estimated and a significant supply potential remains to be utilized despite "respectable" overall recycling rates in most industrial economies.

TL;DR: For example, the Norwegian government recently opened offshore areas poleward of 62°N latitude, a decision likely to have a significant impact on Norway's future as an oil producer as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that estimates of extractable coal be made on a deposit-by-deposit basis, taking into account geological configurations and mining methods, and emphasize the need to include economic considerations and government regulations in calculations of national reserves.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pessimistic view of the prospects for mineral supplies early in the 21st century is presented, and the resource situation is even less hopeful when the possibility of extending the material living standards of the developed countries to everyone likely to be living on earth late next century is considered.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that estimates of risk in mining should control for characteristics of firms such as diversification and debt financing, and apply the capital asset pricing model to securities of three Canadian nickel mining firms over the period 1961-1974.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present evidence in support of the view that mining output depends on profit rates through a positive relationship (after time lags are considered), and under some conditions, this link may have the opposite sign.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight some of the important factors that must be taken into account by governments, international agencies and private investors contemplating large-scale mining projects, which inevitably dictate the forms of international participation in mining ventures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined develop-for-import projects financed by development loans and mixed credits supplied by export-import banks and other financial institutions of the central governments of France, Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany.

TL;DR: The USA is becoming increasingly dependent on key strategic metals (such as chrome, cobalt, manganese and platinum-group metals) from politically unstable regions of the world.

TL;DR: The international minerals industry continues to have a substantial investment shortfall as discussed by the authors and the widening exploration and mineral development gaps, not only in the lesser developed countries but also in the developed nations, are sowing the seeds for future mineral supply disruptions and conflicts.

TL;DR: This paper surveys the options open to copper-producing countries to increase their revenue from copper, and concludes that changes in the composition of exports to favour the export of more processed forms of copper would require substantial changes to the economic structure of a country.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors offer a broader range of inputs and conclude that optimizing only labour and capital results in erroneous technology choices, with costs of energy and materials increasing compared to other inputs in manufacturing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the extent to which the new Reagan mineral policy will encourage increased US production, substitution, recycling and conservation, domestic stock-piling and diversification of foreign supplies.