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Introduction
Salar d’Atacama
Main parts of the lesson
Introduction
Kt of ressources
5 000 000
Ore and industrial minerals 4 000 000
3 000 000
210 millions tons in 1900
2 000 000
6.5 billions tons in 2009 1 000 000
0
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
Construction minerals
Ores and industrial minerals
600 millions tons in 1900
28 billions in 2009 30 000 000
25 000 000
Kt of ressources
20 000 000
Copper
15 000 000
400 tons in 2000 BC
10 000 000
15,000 tonnes en 50 BC
5 000 000
16,000 tonnes in 1800 0
18 millions tons in 2015 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
Construction minerals
Price per kg
Argent
1000
Pétrole : $2 000 billions Molybdène Nickel
100 Cuivre
10
Zinc Aluminium
Main difference between 1 Manganèse
Fer
Production en tonnes
1000000
Larger metal markets are 100000 Platine Or
comparatively smaller than 10000
other larger natural 1000 Argent
Price per kg
Capitalisation of global mining firms is highly sensitive to evolution of mineral resource price
12 firms of the top40 are Chinese, 19 from emerging countries
Source :
Source : Fizaine (2015)
Introduction : Key indicators
Rents from natural ressources represent 2- 90% 7,00%
7% share of global GDP 80% 6,00%
70%
Most of these rents come from fossil fuels 60%
5,00%
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Pétrole
Oil
Gaz naturel gas
Natural
Coal
Charbon
All metals
Total métaux
Share
Part ofressources
rentes natural naturelles
resourcedans
rents
le PIBin GDP
Share
Part ofmétaux
rentes metal dans
rents in GDP
le PIB