Alternative value chains for rare earths: The Anglo-deposit developers

Autor(en)
Erika Faigen, Niels Fold
Abstrakt

The 2011 peak in rare earth element (REE) prices revealed a vast knowledge gap on the REE-based industry considered to be almost monopolized by Chinese players. A global value chain (GVC) framework is used to provide an understanding of value-adding segments of REE in their transformation from mine to market but inquiries on the currently most-advanced company strategies for alternative REE supplies form the cornerstone of this paper. The Anglo-REE deposit developer strategies are aligned with the value-adding segments and different approaches to integration and co-optation of REE processing competence are uncovered. On this basis the significance of alternative Anglo-REE-developer supplies is discussed and positioned in the perspective of Chinese industrial upgrading.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Copenhagen
Journal
Resources Policy
Band
42
Seiten
53-64
Anzahl der Seiten
12
ISSN
0301-4207
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.09.003
Publikationsdatum
12-2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Economics and Econometrics, Law, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/523a1b1c-1d31-439f-b12d-066730e4ea6e