to sustainability and measure the “resource curse” 8.3. Mining activity and the “resource curse”: macroeconomic and sectoral issues 8.4. Mining income: an unstable and toxic income for States 8.5. Is the “resource curse” inevitable? 8.6. Conclusion 8.7. References 9 Industrial and Artisanal Exploitation of Natural Resources: Impacts on Development 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Impacts of industrial extraction 9.3. The case of artisanal mines 9.4. Conclusion 9.5. Acknowledgements 9.6. References
7 Conclusion C.1. Mineral resources issues, object of human representation C.2. Some enlightenment regarding physico-socio-economic feedback C.3. References
9 Index
List of Illustrations
1 IntroductionFigure I.1. Material footprint of various power generation production systems (s...Figure I.2. Metal footprint per kWh by type of power generation system (source: ...Figure I.3. Share of metal footprint of the electricity sector by power generati...
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. Cobalt mining and refining in 2018 (based on Darton Commodities (201...Figure 1.2. Change in cobalt consumption between 2009 and 2018 (%) (based on Ros...Figure 1.3. Production of refined and semi-refined cobalt, by product type (acco...Figure 1.4. Multi-linked cobalt value chain. For a color version of this figure,...Figure 1.5. Changes in import prices of intermediate products and refined produc...Figure 1.6. Material flow analysis for cobalt in the EU in 2017 using STAN softw...Figure 1.7. Structures of cobalt imports (a) and exports (b) in the form of ores...Figure 1.8. Production of finished and semi-finished products containing cobalt ...Figure 1.9. Imports (a) and exports (b) of finished and semi-finished products c...Figure 1.10. “In-use stock” of cobalt, 2008/2017 (tons). For a color version of ...Figure 1.11. Main EU suppliers (a) and customers (b) for primary, intermediate, ...
3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1. Comparative evolution of iron ore and base metal prices (index, base...Figure 2.2. Changes in LME cobalt forward prices (three months) (USD per metric ...
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1. Change in R/P ratio (based on Schodde (2010) and USGS (1998–2018))Figure 4.2. Change in R/P ratio for copper by country (USGS 1998–2018). For a co...Figure 4.3. Variation in tin R/P ratio by country (USGS 1998–2018). For a color ...Figure 4.4. Distribution of copper mining endowment (copper reserves by country ...Figure 4.5. Two large deposits that were the largest copper producers in their t...Figure 4.6. Distribution of tin mining endowment, position of some major world d...
5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1. Minimum metallurgical (Em), separation (Es), and mining plus comminu...Figure 5.2. Production energy calculated with equation [5.7] as a function of th...Figure 5.3. Production energy calculated with equation [5.7] as a function of 20...Figure 5.4. a) Correlation between the energy calculated with equation [5.8] and...Figure 5.5. Price (a) and production energy (b) calculated as a function of the ...Figure 5.6. Calculated energy of copper production over time (a) and average ore...Figure 5.7. Calculated price of copper over time (a) and ore grade (b). The grey...Figure 5.8. Observed (blue curves) and calculated (black curves) prices. For a c...
6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1. Diagram of the INSEE IOT. MC: transport and commerce margins; com.tr...Figure 6.2. Representation of MRIO databasesFigure 6.3. Distribution of world metal production for final consumption in Fran...Figure 6.4. Distribution by country of metal production required for final deman...Figure 6.5. Distribution by country of metal production required for French fina...
7 Chapter 7Figure 7.1. Modeling cascade utilization (Olsson et al. 2018, p.2)Figure 7.2. Schematic representation of the circular economy model (Ellen MacArt...
8 Chapter 9Figure 9.1. Share of annual rents from natural resources in global GDPFigure 9.2. Share of rural population working in artisanal mines (ASMs) (Yeomans...Figure 9.3. Geology and gold mining in Burkina Faso (Bazillier and Girard 2020)....Figure 9.4. Household consumption responses to gold mines
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1. Cobalt contained in primary and refined flows (%)10Table 1.2. Cobalt contained in manufactured product flows11Table 1.3. Recycling rates for manufactured products containing cobalt12Table 1.4. Management of losses during the manufacturing process13
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1. Major steel futuresTable 2.2. Criteria for launch and success in a future market
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1. Ranking of the richest countries in copper
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1. Observed and calculated energy and price values
5 Chapter 6Table 6.1. MRIO database comparisonsTable 6.2. Countries and regions in Exiobase v3
6 Chapter 7Table 7.1. The eco-efficiency paradox (source: Jevons (1865, p. 293), adapted by...Table 7.2. Diversity of rebound effects (based on Polimeni et al. (2008); compil...
7 Chapter 8Table 8.1. Some examples of civil wars fueled by mining resources in Africa (sou...
8 Chapter 9Table 9.1. Low- and middle-income countries dependent on natural resources (sour...
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