estimates the effect of copper price shocks on mining, manufacturing, and construction-each embodying a sector type. The … empirical findings are for positive spillovers from mining to the other two sectors. However, the estimated size of the … spillovers seems modest, which raises the question of the potential for mining to be better integrated with the rest of the …

Major mining commodity prices are inherently volatile and cyclical. High levels of investment in China have been a key … driver in the strong world demand for minerals and metals over the past decade. The urbanization and industrialization of …

.5 percent. By reducing the royalty rate from 6 percent to 3 percent, Mali’s mining code broadly ensures that the risk is shared … between the state and mining companies, provides sufficient incentives to attract new exploration, and is comparable to the …