Trends in the World-Wide Mining Industry

ISBN-13: 9783631507124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 148 str.

Peter Kausch; Michael Nippa

Opis

The second volume of this book series is based on a symposium held at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in summer 2001 and focuses on various aspects of and recent developments in the global management of the resource industry. It ranges from an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions within the world wide resources industry over a brief introduction of the Global Mining Initiative, GMI reflecting the new awareness of the resource industry to peculiar problems the resource-rich southern Africa mining industry faces. Additionally developments and activities in the world coal industry and future perspectives are unfold. As a major issue of the international mining industry financing risky projects in emerging or developing countries is illustrated with an example from Kazakhstan. Another important contribution depicts the important role traders have in marketing the mine product to the final customers. Based on the extensive insider know-how of the author an overview of developments and trends in the aluminum recycling business is given. Finally, the expected impacts of new high-tech-developments on the mining industry in terms of requirements for raw materials are summarized.

Spis treści

Contents : M. Nippa/M. Lindsay: The Bigger the Better? An Appeal to Study Mergers and Acquisitions in the World Wide Mining Industry More Precisely - J. Groom: "The Global Mining Initiative". Our Industries Tackle the Challenges of Sustainable Development - L. A. Cramer: The Investment Climate and Developments in Sub-Saharan Mining - C. Gubbins: Recent Development and Trends in the World Wide Coal Industry - O. Frank/V. Aßmann/R. Ellmies: Kazakhstan: A Country Rich in Mineral Resources - Ready for Investments - G. Kirchner: Trends in the Aluminium Recycling Sector - M. K. F. Wagner: The Electronic Metals - Raw Materials for the High Tech Industry.

O autorze

The Editors: Peter Kausch: by education Mining Engineer with a doctorate in legal aspects of ocean mining; former senior director in Natural Resources industry.
Michael Nippa: chair of leadership, management, and human resources at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. Visiting Scholar at Marshall School of Business at U.S.C., Los Angeles, and Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney. Current research areas: corporate governance, China, management fads, biotechnology industry, strategic decision making.