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5. The Economics of Current Metal Markets

verfasst von : Phillip Crowson

Erschienen in: International Economics of Resource Efficiency

Verlag: Physica-Verlag HD

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Abstract

Less than 2 years ago the general view, as expressed in the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, was that the global economy would suffer but a mild correction in 2008 and 2009 and that the strong economic expansion then under way would soon resume. This expansion, spearheaded by rapid growth in China and other emerging economies, was fuelling buoyantly rising demand for all raw materials and forcing up their prices. Most commentators subscribed to the belief that the mineral industries were embarking on a period of sustained prosperity such as they had allegedly not witnessed since the 1960s. Such is the stuff that dreams are made on!

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Metadaten
Titel
The Economics of Current Metal Markets
verfasst von
Phillip Crowson
Copyright-Jahr
2011
Verlag
Physica-Verlag HD
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2601-2_5