Non‐metallic Minerals and the Developing Countries: Patterns, Constraints, Initiatives

Richard Nötstaller

Natural Resources Forum, 1988, vol. 12, issue 2, 137-148

Abstract: This paper reviews the role of non‐metallic minerals in the economy and examines the relationship between demand patterns and the process of industrialization. As developing countries industrialize, large volumes of construction minerals (sand, gravel, crushed stone, etc.) will be required while with most other industrial minerals increasing quantities will be consumed only in the more advanced stages of economic development. In many developing countries the assurance of an adequate supply of these minerals from indigenous resources will necessitate initiatives aimed at removing constraints and barriers to mining sector development.

Date: 1988
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