Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john e tilton

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  • MINERAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY
    JOHN E. TILTON / JUAN IGNACIO GUZMÁN
    This textbook provides an introduction to the field of mineral economics and its use in understanding the behaviour of mineral commodity markets and in assessing both public and corporate policies in this important economic sector. The focus is on metal and non-metallic commodities rather than oil, coal, and other energy commodities. The work draws on John Tilton's teaching exp...

    $1,660.00

  • WORLD MINERAL EXPLORATION
    JOHN E. TILTON
    Mineral exploration is an economic activity of worldwide importance. This volume, originally published in 1988, makes a substantial contribution to the understanding of mineral exploration and the major economic, political, and geologic forces that govern it. Some chapters examine the behaviour and performance of particular participants in the exploration process while others f...

    $780.00

  • MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
    JOHN E. TILTON
    Substitution has long been a common remedy for materials shortages. This study, originally published in 1983, uses tin to examine how and why substitution takes place. To provide insights into the tin industry and the practice of substitution, the case studies in this title examine three tin-using industries—beverage containers, solder, and tin chemical stabilisers. Overall, th...

    $980.00

  • U.S. ENERGY R & D POLICY
    JOHN E. TILTON
    During the past few decades there has been an advance in the research and development of solving the issue of declining energy resources. Funding by the U.S. government into energy research has risen steeply. Because of the growing importance of research and development in this field of research, in 1973 Resources for the Future undertook a study of energy-associated study, inc...

    $640.00

  • WORLD METAL DEMAND
    JOHN E. TILTON
    In the early 1970s, the post-World War II boom in world metal consumption came to a halt. As time passed, it became clear that what many first thought to be a cyclical downturn was instead a long-term, substantial decline in world metal demand. In this volume, first published in 1990, editor John E. Tilton and four fellow scholars of mineral economics analyse the causes and con...

    $1,260.00

  • ON BORROWED TIME
    JOHN E. TILTON
    The sharp rise in mineral use has revived concern about scarcity. Economist John Tilton responds by analyzing recent trends in the consumption and availability of minerals that are most integral to the needs of modern civilization. He reminds readers that, if the arguments about scarcity sound familiar, it is because the story of minerals scarcity is almost as old as human hist...

    $1,060.00