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The Role of Metallic Mineral Resources for Countries of the Third World

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  • MARTIN O. C. KURSTEN

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Metallic and other mineral resources can contribute powerfully to development. They have to be surveyed and assessed in a systematic way to provide the basis for decisions. Development is seen as a complex network of interrelating factors, which at best can cross‐fertilize each other but more often tend to slow down one another. Economics, and especially the availability and cost of energy, are crucial for developing mineral resources. Les ressources métalliques et autres ressources minières peuvent contribuer d'une manière significative au développement d'un pays. On doit procéder à leur inventaire et leur évaluation d'une façon systématique afin qu'elles fournissent une base sur laquelle peuvent être fondées des décisions. Le développement est perçu comme un réseau complexe de facteurs interdépendants qui au mieux peuvent se renforcer mais qui, le plus souvent, tendent à se ralentir. En particulier, la disponibilitè et le coût de l'énergie représentent des facteurs décisifs dans le développement des ressources minières. Los recursos minerales metélicos y no metálicos constituyen un factor que pueden tener una gran contribución al desarrollo económico. Este desarrollo es el resultado de un sistema complejo de factores interrelacionados que en el mejor de los casos pueden influir positivamente los unos en los otros pero que a menudo tienden a anularse mutuamente. El costo y disponibilidad de la energía es importante para el desarrollo de recursos naturales. Es también importante la sistemática exploración y evaluación de estos recursos

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  • Martin O. C. Kursten, 1983. "The Role of Metallic Mineral Resources for Countries of the Third World," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 7(1), pages 71-79, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:7:y:1983:i:1:p:71-79
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1983.tb00020.x
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