Introduction to mineral economics -- Mineral demand analysis -- Exploration project management : issues and strategies -- Evolution of modern mineral resource classification system -- Mineral exploitation : maintaining bottom lines -- Mining and conservation -- Factor mobility and international...

This edited volume explores the link between natural resources and civil conflict, focusing especially on protest and violence in the context of mining and the extraction of minerals. The primary goal of the book is to analyze how the conflict-inducing effect of natural resources is mediated by...