China's Virtual Monopoly of Rare Earth Elements

Economic, Technological and Strategic Implications

Roland Howanietz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

178 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-6330-9 (ISBN)

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Rare Earth Elements are a group of 17 metals which have a central role in modern industry, increasingly used in the fields of green technologies, high technological consumer goods, industrial and medical appliances and modern weapons systems. Although deposits of Rare Earths are globally dispersed, over 90% of global demand has been provided by Chinese mines since the late 1990s, leading to a situation where China has a virtual monopoly. This book surveys the Rare Earths mining industry, discusses the extent to which Rare Earths really are scarce elsewhere in the world and assesses the economics of production, considering arguments for the rationing of supply, for higher pricing and for a total export embargo. This actually occurred in 2010, demonstrating the vulnerability of the rest of the world to China’s control of these increasingly vital resources.

Roland Howanietz is a Research Associate and Lecturer in East Asian Economics at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
List of abbreviations

1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Rare Earth Metals

3. Assessment of Rare Earths scarcity
4. The optimal extraction path of Rare Earth Metals for China
5. Adjustments in the regulatory framework of the Chinese Rare Earths sector
6. Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	14.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Contemporary China Series
Zusatzinfo	11 Tables, black and white; 30 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-8153-6330-3 / 0815363303
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-6330-9 / 9780815363309
Zustand	Neuware