Modelling investment and implementation of technological progress in metal industries. Theory and application to the German primary aluminium industry

Resources Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 99-109

  Schwarz, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implementation of technological progress; Linear programming; Metal industries; Partial equilibrium model; Plant modernisation; Primary aluminium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS;

MORDERNIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

ALUMINUM; INVESTMENT; METALS INDUSTRY; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 8744286496     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. M. Brown A. Dammert A. Meeraus Worldwide Investment Analysis: The Case of Aluminium World Bank Staff Working Papers, No. 603, New York 1983
2. A. Dammert S. Palaniappan Modelling Investments in the World Copper Sector 1985 University of Texas Press Austin
3. K.J. Driscoll Capacity creep-the hidden potential growth of aluminium smelting Proceedings of the Light Metals Conference 1997 Mineral and Materials Society Warrendale pp. 259-264
4. D.A. Kendrick The Planning of Industrial Investment Programs. A Methodology 1978 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
5. O.A. Knaisch Aluminium production in a difficult location Aluminium 77 1/2 2001 58-60
6. W.C. Labys Modelling Mineral and Energy Markets 1999 Kluwer Boston
7. A. Manne L. Mathiesen The impact of unilateral OECD carbon taxes on the location of aluminium smelting International Journal of Global Energy Issues 6 1 1994 52-61
8. L. Mennes A. Stoutjesdijk Multicountry Investment Analysis 1985 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
9. R.K. Nichols R.W. Serth The corporate aluminium model: A GAMS-based model for optimal long range planning and investment analysis by aluminium companies Proceedings of the Light Metals Conference 1992 Mineral and Materials Society Warrendale pp. 43-58
10. H.A. Øye N. Mason R.D. Peterson E.L. Rooy F.J. Stevens McFadden R.D. Zabreznik F.S. Williams R.B. Wagstaff Aluminum: Approaching the new millennium Journal of Metals 51 2 1999 29-42
11. P. Pawlek 75 years development of aluminium electrolysis cells Aluminium 75 9 1999 734-743
12. G. Peters Retrofits vs. Greenfield smelters: What are the options? Proceedings of the Aluminium Conference, Essen, Germany, Paper 11 1998
13. G. Peters Aluminium smelters-what are the options to improve competitiveness? Aluminium 75 12 1999 1036-1040
14. S. Schucht Ökologische Modernisierung und Strukturwandel in der deutschen Aluminiumindustrie [=Ecological modernisation and structural change in the German aluminium industry] 1999 Forschungsstelle für Umweltpolitik Berlin
15. H.G. Schwarz Grundlegende Entwicklungstendenzen im weltweiten Stoffstrom des Primäraluminiums [=Fundamental trends in the global flow of primary aluminium] 2000 Forschungszentrum, Zentralbibliothek Jülich
16. H.G. Schwarz C. Cleveland Aluminium Production and Energy Encyclopedia of Energy vol. 1 2004 Academic Press New York 81-95
17. H.G. Schwarz S. Briem P. Zapp Future carbon dioxide emissions in the global flow of primary aluminium Energy 26 8 2001 775-795
18. UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), 1994. Market situation and outlook for bauxite, alumina and aluminium, TD/BCN.1/RM/Bauxite/6
19. UNCTAD, 1997. Recent and planned changes in production capacity for bauxite, alumina and aluminium, UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/13
20. UNCTAD, 2000. Recent and planned changes in production capacity for bauxite, alumina and aluminium, UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/27
21. USGS (US Geological Survey), 1999. Primary aluminium plants worldwide-1998, Reston