"A decade ago, hardly anyone had heard of this obscure mineral, used to manufacture the cell phones and laptops that have become so central to our daily lives. Then, in 2000, reports emerged about mines deep in the Congo jungle where coltan was being extracted in brutal conditions watched over...

Unternehmenskonzentrationen im Weltbergbau warfen die Frage auf, ob die bisher problemlose Rohstoffversorgung der deutschen Wirtschaft über die Weltmärkte und ohne wesentliche eigene Rohstoffengagements im Ausland gefährdet werden könnte. In der Studie werden die Märkte von zehn...

This paper investigates China's capability to exert power on Rare Earth markets until 2020. A dynamic partial equilibrium model allowing for a disaggregated representation of the mining sector and endogenous investment in capacities is developed. The model is calibrated on a novel dataset on...