Minerals Yearbook: Minerals in the world economy. 1988 International review

Technical Report · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6073433

Kimbell, C L; Zajac, W L

In overview, 1988 appeared to be the best year for the world's mineral industry since 1980, although the all-important petroleum component suffered severely from low prices. With this notable exception, the traditional statistical measures of mineral industry performance, namely production, trade, and consumption, reflected growth in most elements of the world mineral industry from crude material extraction through the gamut of downstream processing. Moreover, the growth was reasonably well distributed geographically, with many countries sharing in the substantial upturn in activity. The report discusses production, trade, consumption, investment, transportation, prices, and statistical summary of world production and trade of major mineral commodities.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6073433
• Report Number(s): PB-91-144154/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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COMPILED DATA
CONSUMPTION RATES
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
MINERAL INDUSTRY
MINERAL RESOURCES
NUMERICAL DATA
PRICES
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