This paper is about understanding the cycle of global copper price booms and busts over Zambia's economic history. We … ringfence and prudently use the mineral revenues from copper mining in building productive capacities remains elusive. Instead … explore how the mining industry has been managed, and wider economic management during boom periods. We find that successive …

consumption continues to increase. Urban mining for scrap metal has emerged as a promising option for securing copper and aluminum … lower than the cost of virgin mining. Moreover, in terms of the economic performance, copper may differ tremendously from …Virgin mining is rapidly becoming unsustainable as primary resources are in increasingly short supply and energy …

the world. Given the scale of the Arctic’s current mining operations and the need to boost mineral production and exports …