The Crucible: January 2018
‘In the long run…’ Demand, supply, and the economics of resource availability
The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…
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China’s accession to the WTO (World Trade Organization) in 2001 saw them being recognised as a non-market economy in transition, meaning that unless Chinese firms could prove they were operating… -
The mining and metals industry has an image problem. Dirty, corrupt and exploitative are words that may spring to mind in certain parts of the world. Energy intensive and polluting are probably used even more widely. However, without the mining of ores and their subsequent processing into metals, we would have no buildings, infrastructure, consumer products (not to mention anything even vaguely high-tech), we would literally still be stuck in the Stone Age.
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What does the re-imposition of United States sanctions on Iran mean for business outside the US? On one view, the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)…