資源情報と鉱業政策

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Historically, Japanese mining policy has been characterized by the protection of domestic mining activities against sudden changes such as free trade in 1963, economic depression after the oil shock, and exchange rate fluctuation. However, the number of domestic mines has dwindled since 1985 due to the appreciation of the yen, depressed metal prices and ore depletion, and now, there are only two operating mines in Japan, Hishikari and Toyoha. In contrast, Japan has developed a large-scale custom smelting sector, and most of the concentrates are imported from overseas. In the 1990s, Japanese companies actively materialized equity participation in development of large mines mainly in Chile in order to secure a stable supply of copper concentrates.The world mining industry has been rapidly changing in terms of demand/supply, M & A, environmental issues and technical progress. The timely and accurate analysis of world mining information will be indispensable to the forecasting of possible future changes, strategy and sound mining policy.
社団法人資源・素材学会の論文
2004-09-25