Mineral Resource Development

Preface -- Introduction -- International Development of Mineral Resources -- The Economic, Geopolitical, and Business Roots of a Global Minerals Industry: An Analysis of a National Economic and Industrial Debate -- Conflicting Goals of Mining Companies and Host Governments -- Geopolitics of Offshore Petroleum -- Shifting Patterns of Supply and Demand in the World Copper Industry -- Perspectives on National Mineral Development -- The Steel Import Problem in the United States: Causes and Cure -- Soviet Ferro-Ore Policies and Trends -- Regional Trends in Coal Use for Electricity Generation: Implications for the United States and United Kingdom -- Recent Trends in Marketing and Shipment of Mineral Concentrates in the Western United States -- Silver Prices and Market Speculation -- Mineral Development and the Local Area -- Land Status—A Spatial Variable in Mineral Acquisition and Development -- Time Exposures: The Evolving Landscape of an Arizona Copper-Mining District -- A Case Study of Risks in Developing Domestic Mineral Properties -- Geomorphic Response to Mining Disturbance -- Environmental and Socioeconomic Constraints: The Case of Oil Shale Development in the Green River Formation -- The Future of the Mineral Industry -- The Mineral Industry's Future