On modelling the global copper mining rates, market supply, copper price and the end of copper reserves

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-174

  Sverdrup, Harald U ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala ^a   Koca, Deniz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper; Dynamic modelling; Mining; Price; Recycling; Reserves; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COPPER MINES; COSTS; DYNAMIC MODELS; ESTIMATION; MINING; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; PRICE; PRICE MECHANISM; PRODUCTION MODELING; RECOVERABLE RESERVES; RESERVES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS;

COPPER;

COPPER;

COPPER; MINING; MODELING; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MARKET; MINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME; WASTE;

EID: 84900465424     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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