Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) is increasingly recognised as a policy approach that can make a key contribution to green growth and the challenges that are posed by sustained global economic and demogarphic growth. One of the key challenges of the SMM approach is to effectively address...

The emergence of a mass market for electric vehicles (EVs) offers considerable development opportunities for resource exporters, given their intensive raw material requirements, including for cobalt, nickel, lithium, copper, aluminium, and manganese. To exploit the benefits of new demand,...

This article utilizes a new concept of supply and demand for raw materials. It emphasizes the need for the use of long run economics rather than short run analysis in the determination of a fair price for raw commodities.

Abstract: Das Thema Ressourceneffizienz erlebt eine neue Aufmerksamkeit. Staatliche Energie- und Materialeffizienzagenturen fördern betriebliche Effizienzberatungen und führen häufig zu nennenswerten Einsparungen der Material- und Energiekosten. Der Blick auf die Effizienz allein genügt...