Analysis of the minerals/mining potential of a country:
- Mining, processing, refining
- Domestic supply potential
- Import and Export
- Recommendations for minerals strategy/policy
Economic studies for individual mineral resources (e.g. magnesite)
- Reserves/resources
- producers, import and export, see example
- price trend
Analysis of country's mining extractive industries
- Supply concepts for companies (energetic minerals
[fuel, coal etc.] and non-energetic minerals [metallic,
industrial, construction minerals])
Mineral supply risk analysis
- Supply risk analysis per raw material
country-specific risk for commodities: the
relationship between mine production and
import of refined products, concentrates
- Supply risk analysis per country
- Supply risk analysis for companies
- Analysis of critical mineral resources
Can be carried out for each country (matrix to assess the availability of mineral resources)