Investment practices in Australian coal: The practice and profit of quasi-integration in the Australia-Japan coal trade

Energy Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1013-1025

  Colley, Peter ^a,b  

^a Mining Ener Union ^*  (Australia)

^b CFMEU Mining and Energy Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal; Investment; Profits

Indexed keywords

COAL TRADE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT ACTIVITY; JAPANESE INVESTMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031462719     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4215(97)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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