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Dynamics of state mining enterprises during the 1980s and the outlook for the 1990s

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  • Magnus Ericsson
  • Andreas Tegen

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This paper examines the evolution of the control by the state of mining and smelting from 1975 to 1989. In 1950, there was little state‐owned mining capacity outside the centrally planned economies. A wave of nationalizations of mine assets swept over the developing countries in the late 1960s and early 1970s. State control continued to rise, in developing countries as well as in the developed market economy countries, until the mid‐1980s, when the trend reversed. At present some 20% of Western world mineral production is state controlled. The level of control is highest for those minerals mined mainly in the developing countries, and lowest for those minerals mined mainly in the developed market economy countries. The current trend is toward privatization of state‐owned mining enterprises in developed countries and it is expected that as the 1990s progress, privatization of such enterprises will also begin to take place in developing countries.

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  • Magnus Ericsson & Andreas Tegen, 1992. "Dynamics of state mining enterprises during the 1980s and the outlook for the 1990s," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 16(3), pages 178-191, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:16:y:1992:i:3:p:178-191
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1992.tb00568.x
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