The choice of the cutoff grade in mining

Resources Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Cairns, Robert D ^a   Shinkuma, Takayoshi ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutoff grade; Grade distribution; Investment; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONSTANT GRADES; OPTIMAL EXPLOITATION; POLICY MAKERS; SHAREHOLDERS;

MINING;

EXPLOITATION; INTEREST RATE; MINING INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

EID: 8744309883     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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