Mineral Economics

2011 - 2025

Current editor(s): Magnus Ericsson and Patrik Söderholm

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Volume 38, issue 1, 2025

Empirical analysis of economic performance and metal prices in Peru using svar and okun's law pp. 1-20

Carlos David Cardona-Arenas, Daniel Osorio-Barreto and Diego Alejandro Manrique

Cointegration and causality testing in time series for multivariate analysis through minerals industry case studies pp. 21-35

Zhanbolat Magzumov and Mustafa Kumral

Short term forecasting of base metals prices using a LightGBM and a LightGBM - ARIMA ensemble pp. 37-49

Konstantinos Oikonomou and Dimitris Damigos

Vector autoregressive model: to analyze the influence of the agriculture, mining and quarrying sectors on local revenues pp. 51-58

Asnawi, Naufal Bachri and Muhammad Roni

The dynamic response of Russian exchange rate to precious metals and minerals prices pp. 59-75

Anna Gainetdinova and Kazi Sohag

Dynamic spillover of upstream primary metals and by-product metals market and its impact from the downstream new energy vehicles market pp. 77-95

Hui Su, Qiaosheng Wu, Na Zhou and Yijian Zheng

Machine learning price index forecasts of flat steel products pp. 97-117

Bingzi Jin and Xiaojie Xu

Buton asphalt: prospect and strategy for asphalt import substitution in Indonesia pp. 119-130

Agus Miswanto, Siti Rochani, Umar Dani, Harta Haryadi, Ijang Suherman, Triswan Suseno, Widi Astuti, Retno Wijayanti, Agus Prakosa, Hartono, Gyan Prameswara and Himawan Tri Bayu Murti Petrus

Forecasting silver prices: a univariate ARIMA approach and a proposed model for future direction pp. 131-141

Chaya Bagrecha, Kuldeep Singh, Geeti Sharma and P. B. Saranya

The importance of settling geopolitical disputes in neutralizing the carbon curse of natural resources: evidence from South and Southeast Asia pp. 143-158

Muntasir Murshed and A. K. M. Atiqur Rahman

The relevance of scaling technological innovation finances for evading the carbon curse of mineral resources: Insights from Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 159-175

Muntasir Murshed

Modelling asymmetric and nonlinear features in the natural resource wealth-economic complexity nexus: empirical insights from Nigeria pp. 177-201

Clement Olalekan Olaniyi and Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo

Forecasts of coking coal futures price indices through Gaussian process regressions pp. 203-217

Bingzi Jin and Xiaojie Xu

Correction: The quest for a sustainable industry: mining, path dependency and post-carbon regime in the European Arctic pp. 219-219

Florian Vidal

Volume 37, issue 4, 2024

How tight is the Chinese grip on world’s metal supply? pp. 729-732

Magnus Ericsson

Assessment of sectoral greenhouse gas emission effects of biomass, fossil fuel, and (non)metallic ore utilization of the Nordic economy pp. 733-743

Andrew Adewale Alola, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo and Ishaaqa Olagunju

Social license as a tool to negotiate environmental sustainability pp. 745-757

Adeyinka O. Omotehinse, Ayodele Ajayi and Giorgio Tomi

Disaggregated impact of natural resources rents on the ecological footprint: new evidence from more polluting countries pp. 759-770

Manuel Zambrano-Monserrate and Vanessa Ormeño-Candelario

Does participation in mining activities affect the profitability of food crops production? Evidence from Ghana pp. 771-786

Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Christopher Kudzinawu, Emmanuel Kwame Nti and Suresh Babu

The nationalization of the large-scale copper mines in Chile: successful investment or financial failure? pp. 787-807

Andrés González, Felipe Sánchez and Emilio Castillo

Asymmetric effects of gross capital formation, foreign technology spillover and profit on employment in extractive industry: case evidence from nonmetallic mineral industries in India pp. 809-825

Arumugam Sankaran, Arjun Krishna and Salini Kunnath

Mining 4.0 and its effects on work environment, competence, organisation and society – a scoping review pp. 827-840

Erik Lund, Annika Pekkari, Jan Johansson and Joel Lööw

What facilitates green economic growth in mineral-endowment countries? The role of digital financial inclusion, mineral resources, and economic governance pp. 841-861

Satar Bakhsh, Md Shabbir Alam, Kishwar Ali and Muhammad Anas

Natural resources and economic growth in WAEMU: the role of export diversification pp. 863-876

Hahandou Mano

The employment, growth and income inequality link: the economic significance of natural resources for Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 877-896

S. Gokhool, V. Tandrayen-Ragoobur and H. Kasseeah

Crowding in or crowding out? Executive environmental attention and ESG performance of mining listed companies pp. 897-913

Chao Wang, Jiapeng Li, Yang Yi and Shuwang Yang

The adequacy of the current policy, legal and institutional frameworks in addressing social, environmental, and occupational safety & health impacts of gold cyanidation in Siaya County, Kenya pp. 915-924

Beth Akinyi Ayoo, Stephen Obiero Anyango and Richard Mbithi Mulwa

The impact of mining projects on household livelihoods in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia pp. 925-942

Netsanet Zeleke Haile, Admassu Tesso Huluka and Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

How does climate policy uncertainty influence sustainable development? Unraveling role of recycling and natural resources in the United States pp. 943-960

Ilma Sharif, Syed Tehseen Jawaid, Muhammed Nadeem Khan and Aamir Hussain Siddiqui

Climate change and poorer economies: some reflections after COPs 27 and 28 pp. 961-983

Alan R. Roe

Redeploying coal workers: field level challenges and transition alternatives pp. 985-993

Dinabandhu Bag

O’Faircheallaigh, Ciaran. Indigenous peoples and mining: a global perspective pp. 995-997

Anton Löf

Volume 37, issue 3, 2024

Methodology for a better estimation of the reserves and resources of minor metals exemplified by selenium in different copper deposit types pp. 413-432

Roman Stiftner, Leopold Weber and Helmut Rechberger

Critical minerals versus major minerals: a comparative study of exploration budgets pp. 433-444

Emilio Castillo, Irene Real and Cintia Roa

The availability of primary rhenium as a by-product of copper and molybdenum mining pp. 445-461

Jamie L. Brainard

“Friend-shoring” as a panacea to Western critical mineral supply chain vulnerabilities pp. 463-476

Vlado Vivoda and Ron Matthews

Machine learning approaches to identify lithium concentration in petroleum produced waters pp. 477-497

E. D. Attanasi, T. C. Coburn and P. A. Freeman

Geography of control: a deep dive assessment on criticality and lithium supply chain pp. 499-546

Alberto Prina Cerai

Mineral raw materials, from their natural stock to their geopolitical behaviour pp. 547-571

Luis Torre de Palacios and José Antonio Espí Rodríguez

Exploring mass and economic potentials of rare earth elements recycling from electric vehicles at end-of-life pp. 573-587

Gianluca Torta, Luca Ciacci, Ivano Vassura and Fabrizio Passarini

The current state of the non-ore mineral deposits mining in the concept of the Ukraine reconstruction in the post-war period pp. 589-599

Roman Dychkovskyi, Pavlo Saik, Dariusz Sala and Edgar Caceres Cabana

Availability of Indonesian nickel reserves and efforts to improve reserves resistance and its impact to economic growth pp. 601-617

Dwi Nugroho Sunuhadi, Ernowo, Prima Muharam Hilman and Triswan Suseno

The development of China’s monopoly over cobalt battery materials pp. 619-631

Andrew L. Gulley

Locus of control over global mine production– developments between 1985 and 2018 against a historical background pp. 633-643

Magnus Ericsson, Olof Löf and Anton Löf

Driving regional development through critical minerals: a case study of the lithium policy mix in Argentina pp. 645-659

Martín Obaya, Carlos Freytes and Víctor Delbuono

Challenges and opportunities of the European Critical Raw Materials Act pp. 661-668

Alessandra Hool, Christoph Helbig and Gijsbert Wierink

From emissions to resources: mitigating the critical raw material supply chain vulnerability of renewable energy technologies pp. 669-676

Jan Mertens, Jo Dewulf, Christian Breyer, Ronnie Belmans, Corinne Gendron, Patrice Geoffron, Luc Goossens, Carolyn Fischer, Elodie Fornel, Katharine Hayhoe, Katsu Hirose, Elodie Cadre-Loret, Richard Lester, Fanny Maigné, Habibou Maitournam, Paulo Emilio Valadão Miranda, Peter Verwee, Olivier Sala, Michael Webber and Koenraad Debackere

Spotlight: International Round Table on Materials Criticality (IRTC) pp. 677-679

Alessandra Hool and Dieuwertje Schrijvers

Platinum Group Metals Extraction from Asteroids vs Earth: An Overview of the Industrial Ecosystems, Technologies and Risks pp. 681-700

Francisco Ríos Muñoz, Camilo Peña Ramírez, José Meza and Tenzin Crouch

Policy reforms initiated for supply of critical minerals in India pp. 701-717

Pradeep Kumar Jain

Opportunities and challenges for the Libyan geological resource’s development: an overview pp. 719-723

Ferid Dhahri, Emad Alashkham and Mahmood Sofe

Correction: Can ultimate recoverable resources (URRs) be assessed? Does analyzing declining ore grades help? pp. 725-725

Friedrich-W. Wellmer, Roland W. Scholz and Dennis Bastian

Correction: The dynamics and long-term availability of the total resources from the geosphere and technosphere—re-examined pp. 727-728

Friedrich-W. Wellmer and Marius Kern

Volume 37, issue 2, 2024

Phillip Crowson pp. 189-190

Magnus Ericsson

Phillip Crowson pp. 191-191

Peter D. Cameron

Mining and might: reflections on the history of metals and power pp. 193-205

David Humphreys

Assessing the feasibility of deep-seabed mining of polymetallic nodules in the Area of seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as a method of alleviating supply-side issues for cobalt to US markets pp. 207-226

Alexander Cunningham

The dynamics and long-term availability of the total resources from the geosphere and technosphere—re-examined pp. 227-244

Friedrich-W. Wellmer and Marius Kern

Projecting demand for mineral-based critical materials in the energy transition for electricity pp. 245-263

Gabriel Collins, Carol A. Dahl, Maxwell Fleming, Michael Tanner, Wilson C. Martin, Kabir Nadkarni, Sara Hastings-Simon and Morgan Bazilian

PCFC—Head of the Economics Department, RTZ pp. 265-266

Michael Bailey, Alison Kidd and Jane Robb

Phillip Crowson– note from the LME pp. 267-268

Georgina Hallett

Phillip Crowson — economist, scholar, teacher, and friend pp. 269-270

John E. Tilton

Philip Crowson, mineral economist par excellance pp. 271-272

Christopher Stobart

Sustainably Crowson pp. 273-277

John Southalan

The governance models vs. the development courses of the mining sector: cases of Indonesia and the Philippines pp. 279-295

Janet Xuanli Liao and Weibo Zhang

Cobalt: corporate concentration 1975–2018 pp. 297-311

Magnus Ericsson, Anton Löf, Olof Löf and Daniel B. Müller

The perils of ranking mining countries and regions: a critical look at the annual survey of the Fraser Institute pp. 313-330

Patrik Söderholm, Magnus Ericsson and Frida Hellman

The story of coal in China: from ornaments to critical energy supply pp. 331-342

Philip Andrews-Speed

Non-ferrous metal inventories and the London metal exchange: a commentary pp. 343-357

Phillip Crowson

Is there a copper super-cycle? pp. 359-380

Christopher L. Gilbert

Dynamic relationship between refined and scrap copper prices pp. 381-392

Nilza Rivera and Juan Ignacio Guzmán

Illicit financial flows and extractive commodities: false claims in an UNCTAD report pp. 393-407

Olle Östensson

Some observations from my experience pp. 409-411

Phillip Crowson

Volume 37, issue 1, 2024

Contemporaneous causality among regional steel price indices of east, south, north, central south, northeast, southwest, and northwest China pp. 1-14

Xiaojie Xu and Yun Zhang

A macroeconomic viewpoint using a structural VAR analysis of silver price behaviour pp. 15-23

Zurika Robinson

Multiple time-scales analyses of nickel futures and spot markets volatility spillovers effects pp. 25-34

Shuifeng Hong, Mengya Li and Yimin Luo

Impact of COVID-19 on the extractive sector of India pp. 35-43

Baijayanti Rout and Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak

The existing financial sources for artisanal and small-scale mining in mineral-rich countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review pp. 45-53

Makungu Paschal, Jignesh Kauangal and Said Nuhu

Net Smelter Returns (NSRs) and alternative measures of the value of polymetallic mineralization pp. 55-64

Raymond Goldie

Fundamental predictors of price bubbles in precious metals: a machine learning analysis pp. 65-87

Sinem Guler Kangalli Uyar, Umut Uyar and Emrah Balkan

Incorporation price uncertainty into open-pit to underground mine transition pp. 89-99

Hesam Dehghani, Reza Sakinezhad, Zohre Nabavi and Nima Babanouri

Metals at the nexus: renewable vs. nuclear energy systems, metal import requirements, and energy security in the European Union pp. 101-119

Chunzi Qu and Rasmus Noss Bang

Mineral policy in MENA countries: the case of Jordan pp. 121-147

Rami Al Rawashdeh and Gary Campbell

Corporate social responsibility and total factor productivity: the case of European mining industry pp. 149-161

Mohammad Yousefian, Marc Bascompta, Lluís Sanmiquel, Carla Vintró and Nor Sidki-Rius

Investigating the impact of company announcements on stock prices: an application of machine learning on Australian lithium market pp. 163-172

Ahmad Kianrad, Mohadeseh Najafi Arani, Karim Hasani, Masoumeh Zargar, Eila Erfani and Amir Razmjou

Examining the metal futures price discovery in China from multi-scale time pp. 173-188

Yongguang Zhu, Ya Li, Yuna Gong and Deyi Xu