Raw material criticality has played an important role in geostrategic thinking, especially since the crisis surrounding the price and supply of rare earths at the beginning of the 2010s. However, once dependency and strategic importance grow too strong, substitution efforts will take place that...

This study analyzes the relationships and dynamics between material production, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic activity, carbon productivity, the stock market, and green tech, both in a global and European context, using panel vector autoregressive methodology (PVAR). The empirical...

Der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien und Effizienzgewinne, die durch die Energiewende induziert werden, bringen einen verringerten Einsatz fossiler Brenn- und Kraftstoffe mit sich, die in Deutschland überwiegend importiert werden. Während die erneuerbaren Energien anhand der installierten Leistung...

El objetivo del estudio es analizar las tendencias entre 1970 y 2017 en la balanza comercial física, el uso y eficiencia de materiales de América Latina y el Caribe. La metodología es la contabilidad de los flujos de materiales que compila las entradas de materiales (biomasa, combustibles...

Persistent interest rate differentials account for much of the currency carry trade profitability. "Commodity currencies" offer high interest rates on average, while countries that export finished goods tend to have low interest rates. We develop a general equilibrium model of international...

Nowadays the production systems are linear and the consumption patterns are essentially based on products with a short life cycle, which contribute to increase the demand for raw materials and environmental impacts. The Circular Economy (CE) is playing a major role among scholars and...

In den letzten Jahren haben Ressourcengewinnungstechnologien das Interesse der Forschung auf sich gezogen. Das drückt sich unter anderem bei Fernerkundungstechnologien für Rohstoffexploration aus, bei denen mehr und mehr auf luftgestützte, bildgebende Verfahren und moderne Datenverarbeitung...

Purpose – This study investigates the lead-lag relations between the prices of major commodities imported into Korea and corresponding shipping freight rates. This paper aims to provide implications for cross-market causal relations between related economic segments. Design/Methodology - For...

Front Cover -- Sustainable Resource Management -- Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors' biography -- Preface -- 1 - Evolution of the concept of sustainability. From Brundtland Report to sustainable...

Chapter 1: Overview of The Global Physical Commodities -- Chapter 2: The Global Supply Chain in Commodities -- Chapter 3: Risk Management in Global Commodities -- Chapter 4: Financial Aspects of Global Commodities -- Chapter 5: Financial Valuation of Global Commodity Business -- Chapter 6:...

This book shows the push and pull effects between resources, human security and conflicts in Africa. It recognizes the need for resources in Africa to be processed into finished goods in order to influence global market and redefine the pattern of trade relations with powerful countries of Asia,...

In this chapter, we try to disentangle the theoretical background for assessing the macroeconomic impacts of raw material efficiency strategies. We concentrate our discussion on a case study of copper for Germany and show the reasoning behind the implementation in a macroeconomic assessment...

For many academics, students, and professionals, the field of commodities is a black box. This book explores commodities in a holistic manner, presenting concepts from a multidisciplinary business and financial perspective, and offering a panoramic view of the global commodity business and...

"The antecedent to the present work is Marian Radetzki's book A Guide to Primary Commodities in the World Economy, published by Blackwell in 1990, three decades ago. In that book Radetzki presented the gist of what he had learnt over the 30 preceding years of active study and research on...

With around 30 per cent contribution towards GDP and 40 per cent export of the country, the growth of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector is an important driver of the Indian economy. This article seeks to identify the factors for export promotion from both the macro and micro...

In 2017, Russia extended its market share in the European Union. EU imports from Russia went up from 119 to 145 bn euros, while Russia's share in the overall European imports rose to 7.8% ( 0.9 p.p.). Such growth was due to rising prices on principal products of Russian export – fuel raw...

Metal markets play a major role in the challenging area of natural resource economics and have a forceful impact on global and local development. Understanding the behaviour and nature of metal price fluctuation is an essential element for taking countermeasures. Nickel is an indispensable...

"This book is a historical synthesis of the culture of exploitation. It is also a lamentation of the qualities of America that led to current environmental crises. The author hopes to provoke and invite readers to engage in the difficult work of reimagining our modern world in more sustainable...

Attempts to "civilize" the exploitation of natural and mineral resources are globally promoted. The body of rules and regulations -often the outcome of prolonged socio-environmental and political struggles- is impressive. However, the outcomes of their implementation are much less convincing....