AREC Flashcards
Resources and energy exports record
$459b
Resource curse
Paradox where resource rich countries have low economic growth
Minerals definition
Natural compounds formed through geological processes over time that are extracted to undergo technological progress for human use
Energy definition
The capacity of a physical system to work and the amount of useful work extracted from natural matierals
Energy intensity
Amount of energy consumption to GDP growth
Mining sector contribution
13.7%
Top 3 export markets for Australia
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
Top mining companies
- Glencore
- Jiangxi Copper
- Rio Tinto
- BHP
- Anglo American
Determinants of market sstructure
- Freedom/barriers to entry/exit
- Nature of product eg. homogenous
- Control over supply
- Control over prices
Market concentration
Function of the the number of firms in a market and their market share (measured using concentration ratios)
Firm concentration ratio
total sales or total revenue of top X firms/total sales or total revenue of market
Herfindahl Hirshmark Index formula
sum of squared market shares from all market participants
HHI index values
- below 1000 = low concentration
- 1000-1800 = moderate concentration
- over 1800 = high concentraiton
Minerals deposits v ore deposits
Mineral deposits are concentrations of elements/minerals formed by geo processes but are not economically viable for exploitatiom. Ore deposits are mineral deposits that can be extracted at profit.
Economic./current reserves
Quantity of known reserves that can be extracted at current prices and with current technology
REserve base
Economic reserves + non-economic reserves
Total resources
Geo concept
Static index of reserves
Current reserves/current consumption
Limitations of reserve indexes (3)
- Does not capture impact of higher prices on Q reserves
- Does not capture impact of higher prices on tech
- Possibility of substitutes
User cost definition
THe discounted value of future profits foregone as a result of the use of an additional resource in the time period
User cost equation
MR - MC (marginal profit) OR P-MC