Kenneth A. Loparo

Mineral Processing in Developing Countries

A Discussion of Economic, Technical and Structural Factors

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Produktbeschreibung

Conferenee on Industrialization, made the This study ex amines the faetors which affeet the loeation of mineral proeessing in developing following points: eountries. These ean be divided into two broad "National industrialization policies should eategories. The first of these eneompasses stress the objeetive of inereasing the extern al eeonomic and teehnieal elements affeeting the autonomy of the developing regions and countries, 1 basic vi ability of a projeet. These include eapital, with special attention to the promotion of skilled labour, raw materials, eomplementary exports . .. (and) also seek to inerease the value inputs, energy, eeonomies of seale, teehnological added to raw materials being proeessed and ehange, growth in demand, proximity to export exported. markets and transport eosts. The seeond eonsists In the light of the foregoing, it is proposed that of struetural elements including sourees of finanee national industrialization policies should: (a) prp and teehnology, trade and investment and mote integrated industrialization based on the taxation policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands / United Nations
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-86010-500-8
• 1984
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 151g
• ISBN-13: 9780860105008
• ISBN-10: 0860105008
• Artikelnr.: 33114396

Inhaltsangabe

1 Mineral Processing in Developing Countries - Advantages and Disadvantages.- 1.1 The Present Situation.- 1.2 Benefits to be Gained from Local Processing.- 1.3 Barriers to Local Processing of Minerals.- 1.4 Economic Analysis of Processing Projects.- 2 Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium.- 2.1 The Present Situation.- 2.2 Processing Technology.- 2.3 The Cost of Processing.- 2.4 Energy Use.- 2.5 Availability of Aluminium Technology.- 3 COPPER.- 3.1 The Present Situation.- 3.2 Copper Processing Technology.- 3.3 Economics of Copper Processing.- 3.4 Copper Rod Production.- 3.5 Energy Use in Copper Processing.- 4 Iron and Steel.- 4.1 The Present Situation.- 4.2 Iron and Steel Technology.- 4.3 Steel Processing Costs.- 4.4 Energy Use in Iron and Steel.- 5 Economic Factors Affecting the Location of Processing in Developing Countries.- 5.1 Capital Requirements.- 5.2 Sources of Finance.- 5.3 Labour Requirements, Labour Intensity, Labour Share in Total Costs.- 5.4 Raw Materials Requirements.- 5.5 Transport Costs.- 5.6 By-products.- 5.7 Energy Requirements and Availability.- Notes.