Geological occurrence and economic feasibility in closing decisions by gold mines
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Geological occurrence and economic feasibility in closing decisions by gold mines | |
| Creator | Mainardi, Stefano | |
| Description | With successful exploration of deposits often lagging behind mineral extraction, and the international price of gold showing no signs of recovery, mining companies are under pressure to reassess their strategies. The decision whether or not to close a mining activity is the outcome of a process of adapting expectations to a changing economic and geological environment. Part of the literature emphasizes the role of the mineral price and operating costs. However, the extent, pace and intertemporal allocation of metal recovery is in practice determined by a complex interaction of both these with other factors. Following a review of theoretical interpretations, and a reformulation of associated hypotheses, binary-response models are applied to a sample of gold mines in mainly three major southern hemisphere producers (Australia, South Africa and Chile). | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 1999-06-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajems.v2i2.2576 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 2, No 2 (1999); 240-257 2222-3436 1015-8812 | |
| Language | eng | |
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