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Strategic Materials: A World Survey book cover

1st Edition

Strategic Materials A World Survey

By Rae Weston Copyright 1984
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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When this book was originally published in 1984 there was little published data on the extraction or exploitation of strategic materials. The book surveys the entire range of strategic materials and considers both the economics of their extraction and the political issues involved in safeguarding Western access to these critical materials – issues which remain very pertinent in the 21 st century... Read more

1. Strategic Materials – Why Are They Strategic? 2. The Anatomy of Strategic Materials 3. The Supply of Strategic Materials 4. Stretching Supply – Substitution and Recycling 5. Supply Disruptions or Restrictions, Concentration and the Possibility of Cartels 6. Markets and Pricing 7. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Stockpiling of Strategic Materials in the United States Appendix 2: Operating Mines in the Western World Yielding Strategic Materials as at January 1983 Appendix 3: Major New Projects and Expansion Programmes Known in January

Biography

Rae Weston (1941-2014)

Original review of Strategic Materials:

‘This small book is packed with information on the production, reserves, market stability, and pricing of a number of militarily or industrially strategic materials.’ John S. Lewis, L5 News (1985). 

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