IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/minecn/v29y2016i1d10.1007_s13563-015-0076-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Global PGM mining during 40 years—a stable corporate landscape of oligopolistic control

Author

Listed:
  • Magnus Ericsson

    (Luleå University of Technology)

  • Andreas Tegen

    (SNL Mining & Metals)

Abstract

The platinum group mining industry is among the most concentrated of all metal mining industries. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index for palladium is 2413 in 2014, on the threshold to what is defined as “highly concentrated”. When considering that production is also concentrated in a few countries, more than 80 % of total world production is mined in South Africa and Russia, it is obvious that platinum group metals (PGMs) are labelled “critical” by many governments such as the EU, Japan and the USA (EU Commission 2014; National Research Council 2008; Prime Minister of Japan 2015). The development of the corporate structure for PGMs is analysed. Into the future, it looks as if the degree of concentration will decrease.

Suggested Citation

  • Magnus Ericsson & Andreas Tegen, 2016. "Global PGM mining during 40 years—a stable corporate landscape of oligopolistic control," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 29(1), pages 29-36, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:minecn:v:29:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s13563-015-0076-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s13563-015-0076-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13563-015-0076-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s13563-015-0076-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Humphreys, David, 2011. "Challenges of transformation: The case of Norilsk Nickel," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 142-148, June.
    2. Owen, A. D., 1987. "The demand for platinum," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 175-188, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Magnus Ericsson & Olof Löf & Anton Löf, 2020. "Chinese control over African and global mining—past, present and future," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 33(1), pages 153-181, July.
    2. Juan Ignacio Guzmán, 2018. "The International Copper Cartel, 1935–1939: the good cartel?," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 31(1), pages 113-125, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. David Humphreys, 2011. "Emerging miners and their growing competitiveness," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 24(1), pages 7-14, July.
    2. Scott R Stephenson & John A Agnew, 2016. "The work of networks: Embedding firms, transport, and the state in the Russian Arctic oil and gas sector," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(3), pages 558-576, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:minecn:v:29:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s13563-015-0076-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.