Mineral Economics

2011 - 2026

Current editor(s): Magnus Ericsson and Patrik Söderholm

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Volume 39, issue 2, 2026

Double special issue Exploration and the Arctic pp. 315-317

Magnus Ericsson

Perspectives on exploration and extraction of seafloor massive sulfide deposits in Norwegian waters pp. 319-367

Rasmus Noss Bang and Lars-Kristian Lunde Trellevik

Indigenous rights, social media and protest movements in Sápmi pp. 369-382

Katri-Maaria Kyllönen, Stefan Kirchner, Gregory Poelzer, Pamela Lesser and Daniel Fjellborg

The quest for a sustainable industry: mining, path dependency and post-carbon regime in the European Arctic pp. 383-396

Florian Vidal

Between a rock and a hard place: the Social Acceptability of the Mary River mining project in Nunavut pp. 397-410

Thierry Rodon and Karen Bouchard

Mining and extraction in the Arctic – a nordic perspective on sustainability and near-term challenges pp. 411-437

Husamuddin Ahmadzai

Mining industry approaches to risk and responsibility: managing safety in outsourced environments pp. 439-449

Magnus Nygren

Mining work in transition: experts’ predictions on changes and transformations for miners pp. 451-465

Annika Pekkari, Joel Lööw, Jan Johansson, Erik Lund, Lena Abrahamsson and Anna Gustafson

Greenland mineral exploration history pp. 467-495

Flemming G. Christiansen

Exploring exploration—how to look for deep-sea minerals pp. 497-511

Lars-Kristian Lunde Trellevik

Land ownership and mineral exploration and extraction in Sweden pp. 513-523

Eva Liedholm Johnson

Analyzing mineral exploration efficiency: too little for too much?? Evidence from project valuations and implied discovery probabilities pp. 525-537

Sebastian Diaz, Emilio Castillo, Nadia Mery and Charango Munizaga-Rosas

Applying the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources for a national raw materials inventory in Italy pp. 539-554

Ghadi Sabra, Slavko Solar and Gian Andrea Blengini

Testing the resource curse hypothesis in Turkey’s Boron Market: evidence from dynamic ARDL and KRLS approaches pp. 555-574

Burcu Ozcan, Xuan-Hoa Nghiem and Arzu Tay Bayramoglu

Geopolitical risk threshold in the informal economy-natural resources nexus: evidence from BRICS economies pp. 575-592

Maamar Sebri, Folorunsho M. Ajide and Hajer Dachraoui

The criticality of institutions in the link between natural resources rents and informal economy: insight from a panel of African countries pp. 593-611

James Temitope Dada, Emmanuel Olayemi Awoleye, Mosab I. Tabash, Samrat Ray and Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

The effect of natural resource dependence on industrialization in Africa: The role of institutional quality pp. 613-628

Piman Alain-Raphaël Bayili and Windkouni Haoua Eugénie Maïga

Are natural resources a curse or a blessing in the developing nations? New evidence from the Sub-Saharan African countries pp. 629-640

Abraham Deka, Suleiman Bako and Huseyin Ozdeser

Does trade in mineral resources used in renewable energy development mitigate energy security risks? pp. 641-656

Ahmed Usman, Sidra Sohail and Sana Ullah

Environmental sustainability: the role of mineral resources trade and private investment pp. 657-669

Muhammad Tayyab Sohail, Sana Ullah and Sidra Sohail

The dynamic relationship between foreign direct investment and environmental problems in natural resource-abundant countries pp. 671-695

Najia Saqib, Stefania Pinzón, Ilhan Ozturk, Mohammad Mahtab Alam and Khurshid Khudoykulov

Impact of illicit financial flows related to extractive commodity trade on Africa’s productive capacity: The moderating role of governance pp. 697-721

Ekene ThankGod Emeka and Simplice Asongu

Reevaluating multilayered trade patterns and risk contagion in the global rare earth market pp. 723-741

Chi Xu, Yufei Xu and Cuixia Gao

Financing the responsible supply of energy transition minerals pp. 743-761

Paul Ekins, Patrice Christmann, Mehmet Metehan Ciftci, Francesca Larosa and Brunilde Verrier

Thiago Aguiar: The Shifting Ground of Globalization: Labor and Mineral Extraction pp. 763-765

Erlin Eka Wulandari and Siska Krisdiana Nofianti

Correction to: Economic, technological and sustainability-based qualifications with reference to Europe: Iberia’s new metal mining projects pp. 767-767

Luis de la Torre Palacios, José Antonio Espí Rodríguez and Paulo Romero Martinez

Volume 39, issue 1, 2026

Shaping the international conversation on critical raw materials pp. 1-5

Luis Tercero Espinoza, Alessandra Hool, Roderick Eggert, Magnus Ericsson, Anthony Ku and Dieuwertje Schrijvers

Estimating an upper limit for primary copper supply using empirically derived mineral resource-to-production rate relationships pp. 7-23

Stephen A. Northey, Stuart D. C. Walsh, Damien P. Giurco, Bernardo Mendonca Severiano, Elsa Dominish, Gavin M. Mudd and Simon M. Jowitt

Defending permanent sovereignty over natural resources against the obligation to freely trade: the international legal dimension pp. 25-32

Daria Boklan and Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy

Rare earths recycling pp. 33-37

Alain Rollat and Olivier Touret

A compass for sustainability? Semiconductors, rare earths and CSR: the case of onsemi pp. 39-51

Andrea Gatto and Alina Cristina Nuta

Design for circularity - a data centre equipment case study pp. 53-70

Deborah Andrews and Kristina Kerwin

Adoption of next-generation batteries: a survey-based analysis of user and expert perspectives pp. 71-91

Alessandra Manzini, Laura Martinez García and Pauliina Harrivaara

Criticality assessment for raw materials: perspectives and focuses pp. 93-110

Michaela Schicho and Luis Tercero Espinoza

Capabilities and limitations of AI Large Language Models (LLMs) for materials criticality research pp. 111-119

Anthony Y. Ku and Alessandra Hool

The ecocircularity performance index: measuring quantity and quality in resource circularity assessments pp. 121-133

Gabriel Carmona Aparicio, Angeles Carrasco, Kai Whiting and Jonathan Cullen

Critical metal price fluctuation, biased technological progress and total factor productivity of new energy battery enterprises pp. 135-151

Shuifeng Hong, Yanwen Han, Yimin Luo and Yao Zhang

Productive capacities and exports of critical minerals: the case of copper pp. 153-168

Zauresh Atakhanova, Peter Howie, Nasser Madani and Seribolat Azhibay

Determinants of critical raw material imports: The case of the European Union and China pp. 169-191

Lenka Fojtíková, Kateřina Pekarčíková, Radmila Sousedíková, Michal Vaněk and Jaroslav Dvořáček

Barriers to circularity in the metals industry: an analytical framework of feedback and lock-in effects pp. 193-205

Jonas Grafström, Gregory Poelzer and Jens Pettersson

Why we need more criticality experts from mineral-producing countries: analysis of the geopolitical provincialization of critical minerals assessments pp. 207-230

Desire Runganga, Peta Ashworth and Bishal Bharadwaj

Navigating ASEAN’s critical materials future: Opportunities, risks and strategic imperatives pp. 231-242

Vlado Vivoda, Indra Overland and Roman Vakulchuk

Securing critical minerals supplies in the context of a mineral-poor country: reviewing South Korea’s domestic and international engagement pp. 243-259

Raphael Deberdt and Hyeyoon Park

Rare earths and international politics: the impact of the war in Ukraine on the global trade of critical minerals pp. 261-271

Gastón Sanglier-Contreras, Carlos Miguel Iglesias-Sanz, Roberto Alonso Gonzalez-Lezcano and Eduardo José López Fernández

Critical raw materials in producer and consumer countries: From global insights to the Canadian framework pp. 273-293

Marianna Ottoni, Steven B. Young and Komal Habib

From mines to markets: how value-added critical minerals and green innovation stabilize energy security amid regulatory quality in resource-rich countries pp. 295-310

Phool Hussain, Saud Ahmad and Jindřich Soukup

Guillaume Pitron: the rare metals war pp. 311-313

Anton Löf

Volume 38, issue 4, 2025

An integrated economic and machine learning approach using DNN and SVR for forecasting Iran’s copper market under climate change pp. 761-794

Hamid Sarkheil, Taha Salahjou, Seyedeh Romina Seyyedi Eshkiki and Amirhossein Hashemi

Predicting open interest in thermal coal futures using machine learning pp. 795-809

Bingzi Jin and Xiaojie Xu

Steel price index forecasts through machine learning for northwest China pp. 811-833

Bingzi Jin and Xiaojie Xu

Case study: Relationship between gold-copper prices and mining share prices on the New York, Toronto, and Australian stock exchanges, an application of structural equation modeling pp. 835-843

Alonso Sánchez Torres, Jose Carlos Veliz Palomino and German Lobos Andrade

Macro and micro factors on global copper pricing: a historical data analysis pp. 845-867

Ernanto, Sudarso Kaderi Wiryono and Taufik Faturohman

Volatility and return connectedness across decentralized finance assets, precious and industrial metals, green energy and technology markets pp. 869-890

Remy Jonkam Oben, Aliya Zhakanova Isiksal, Ala Fathi Assi and Faisal Faisal

Forecasting Gold and Platinum prices with an enhanced GRU model using multi-headed attention and skip connection pp. 891-910

Bilal Ahmed Memon, Rabia Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad Naveed and Keyang Cheng

Time-varying spillover effects within and between industrial metal markets pp. 911-939

Amelie Schischke and Andreas Rathgeber

Comparative analysis of shock transmission and connectivity between base and precious metal markets: a study using R2-decomposed connectedness approach pp. 941-959

Hadi Esmaeilpour Moghadam and Emad Sharifbagheri

Analysis and forecasting Iran's copper market to move towards low-carbon in the face of climate change pp. 961-983

Hamid Sarkheil, Taha Salahjou and Seyedeh Romina Seyyedi Eshkiki

Understanding market sensitivity: estimation of supply and demand elasticities for non-fuel minerals pp. 985-996

Ensieh Shojaeddini, Elisa Alonso, Nedal T. Nassar, David G. Pineault, Sydney M. Allen, Jamie L. Brainard, Dalton M. McCaffrey, Timothy M. O’Brien, Abraham J. Padilla and John W. Ryter

Volume 38, issue 3, 2025

A study on the impact of technological innovation on the sustainability of critical mineral supply from a multidimensional perspective: a case study of cobalt pp. 493-511

Zhenghao Meng, Han Sun, Simeng Song, Yannan Ding, Jinhua Cheng, Chenxi Liu and Lu Chen

Gender in industrial mine work and organizations – recommended actions toward gender equality pp. 513-526

Samuel Heimann and Kristina Johansson

Equity fund raising and the role of share performance metrics in the valuation of mineral projects pp. 527-536

Dennis L. Buchanan

Financial development and natural resources: Does information technology moderate for financial resource blessing? pp. 537-550

Faisal Faisal, Suresh Ramakrishnan, Sami Ur Rahman, Adnan Ali and Aliya Zhakanova Isiksal

Impact of geopolitical risk & economic policy uncertainty among energy transition metals in extreme market conditions pp. 551-567

Bikramaditya Ghosh and Anandita Ghosh

The impact of Las Bambas megamine on development in Apurímac, Peru pp. 569-583

Andoni Maiza-Larrarte and Gloria Claudio-Quiroga

Can mineral resources be a blessing in disguise for green finance in G7 countries? Mineral resources for COP28 green financing goal pp. 585-600

Huyen Do Phuong, John William Grimaldo Guerrero, Salem Hamad Aldawsari, Adeeb Alhebri, Iskandar Muda and Gniewko Niedbała

The role of institutions in the effect of mining resources on financial development in WAEMU countries pp. 601-624

Boukaré Maiga, Omer S. Combary and Youssoufou Hamadou Daouda

Investigating resource curse/Blessing hypothesis in Central Asia: Do mineral resources matter for economic growth? pp. 625-638

Muhammad Shahbaz, Cem Işık, Serdar Ongan and Bekhzod Kuziboev

Does artisanal mining impact the food security of agricultural households? evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 639-651

Nongasida Sawadogo and Soumaïla Sawadogo

Towards sustainable extraction of lithium-bearing brine resources: role of natural capital in the High Andes business strategies pp. 653-664

Edmundo Tulcanaza

Lithium at the crossroads: geopolitical, economic, and socio-environmental complexities of the Jadar project in Serbia pp. 665-681

Vlado Vivoda and Julia Loginova

Linkages between digitalization and carbon emissions generated from natural resource-based energy sources: empirical evidence from Asia pp. 683-699

Sana Naseem

Can enhancing internet access rates mitigate carbon-dioxide emissions related to use of unclean natural resources within South Asia? pp. 701-715

Muntasir Murshed

Application of ground-based B-field (TMI, TFMMR, TFMMIP and TFEM) surveys at Tropicana Gold Mine and pioneering of a comparable drone-based acquisition system pp. 717-739

Ockert Terblanche, Stephen Brown, Miles Darragh, Rodney Berrell, Thomas Watkins, Jake Andrae, Alex Mason-Apps and Jaco Smit

A qualitative evaluation of the differences in risk/reward profiles for project finance in the development of a typical porphyry copper deposit compared with a typical diamondiferous kimberlite deposit pp. 741-758

Alexander Cunningham

Correction: Can mineral resources be a blessing in disguise for green finance in G7 countries? mineral resources for COP28 green financing goal pp. 759-759

Huyen Do Phuong, John William Grimaldo Guerrero, Salem Hamad Aldawsari, Adeeb Alhebri, Iskandar Muda and Gniewko Niedbała

Volume 38, issue 2, 2025

Technological advances and trends in the mining industry: a systematic review pp. 221-236

Rosalynn Ornella Flores-Castañeda, Sandro Olaya-Cotera, Máximo López-Porras, Esther Tarmeño-Juscamaita and Orlando Iparraguirre-Villanueva

A simplified rare earth element mining project cost estimator - a new tool for evaluating future mine supply pp. 237-252

Tim M. O’Brien and Elisa Alonso

Extractives: challenges and opportunities for the south in the energy transition pp. 253-272

Adam Cohen and Ricardo Raineri

Economic potentials, challenges and opportunities for sustainable mining in Wollo opal mining, Ethiopia pp. 273-286

Demessie Mulu Eneyew, Anteneh Yayeh Adamu, Solomon Zeleke Abebe, Andrzej Kajetan Dubiniewicz and Asmare Belay Nigussie

A strategic evaluation of Indonesia’s policy on mineral value addition pp. 287-318

Andri Budhiman Firmanto, Dermawan Wibisono, Manahan Parlindungan Saragih Siallagan and Mohammad Zaki Mubarok

Natural resources to economic prosperity: evaluating the role of institutional quality, financial development, and human capital in the resource-rich economy pp. 319-335

Faisal Faisal, Aliya Zhakanova Isiksal, Adnan Ali, Nur Naha Abu Mansor and Iman Sulaiman Amur AL Maktoumi

Does financial development have an impact on mineral resource rents? Evidence from China pp. 337-357

Yongming Huang, Bwimo Borniface Bebi and Soukzana Ladtakoun

Mineral rents, renewable energy, and real growth nexus: evidence from top-rich countries in minerals across East-Central African regions pp. 359-375

Jean Pierre Namahoro, Wu Qiaosheng and Deyun Wang

Africa’s paradox: unleashing tourism potential through resource endowment pp. 377-396

Thierry Messie Pondie and Fabrice Ewolo Bitoto

Financial risk, sustainable development, natural resources and green finance: unveiling the shadow economy in the BRICST countries pp. 397-412

Faisal Faisal, Aliya Zhakanova Isiksal, Ala Fathi Assi, Adnan Ali and Hamid Ghazi H Sulimany

The social license to automate in the mining industry pp. 413-424

Marie-Soleil Lacoursière

Capacity planning in open-pit mines under economies of scale and block sequence considerations pp. 425-443

M. Balci and M. Kumral

Local communities’ knowledge and perceptions of environmental and social impacts of gold cyanidation in Siaya County, Kenya pp. 445-459

Beth Akinyi Ayoo, Richard Mbithi Mulwa and Stephen Obiero Anyango

Artisanal mining policy development pp. 461-471

Knud Sinding

Balancing economic gains and environmental sustainability: the role of artisanal gold mining in achieving SDGs 1 and 15 in Gaoua, Burkina Faso pp. 473-483

Wendkuuni Julien Tougma, Gnammytchet Barthélémy Koffi, Patrice Kouraogo and Kouakou Alphonse Yao

The first PLI experience in the Indian steel sector: efficacy and challenges pp. 485-490

Beena Saraswathy

Masuma Farooki, Alexander Graf and Stefanie Degreif (ed.): advancing responsible sourcing in mineral value chains pp. 491-492

Anton Löf

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 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 Olaniyi and Nicholas 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