Economic review of copper  


Authors / CoAuthors

Dunn, J.A.

Abstract

Until recent years the consumption of copper in Australia had not been greatly different from the domestic mine output. Production attained a high peak during the war, but there has since been a serious drop. Although this drop is temporary, it has unfortunately coincided with a period of severe dollar shortage and of rapidly expanding demand for the metal. As a consequence it has been apparent for some time that two important problems face the metal industry in this country, now and for an indefinite number of years in the future: to what extent Australian production of copper can be expected to meet local consumption, and in what manner imports of copper can be made available from soft currency areas rather than from hard currency sources. It is with the idea of clarifying the position that this note has been prepared. To place the Australian picture in proper perspective it must be viewed against the background of the world's copper position and accordingly this note has been divided into two parts: the World position, and the Australian position.

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9521

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
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Australia

Keywords

  • GA PublicationRecord
( Theme )
  • mineral deposits
( Theme )
  • resource assessment
( Theme )
  • resource management
( Theme )
  • industry
( Theme )
  • economic geology
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  • economic modelling
  • AU
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Geology
  • Published_External

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1949-01-01T00:00:00

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Record 1949/111

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[-44.0, -9.0, 110.0, 156.0]

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