Assessing cycles of mine production and prices of industrial metals

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 101405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana Fernandez
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Ruiz

Resumen:Tres acontecimientos fundamentales marcaron la historia de Sonora durante el periodo comprendido entre la guerra de 1848 y la primera década del siglo XX. El primero fue la construcción del ferrocarril por norte americanos dentro de territorio mexicano. El segundo, y en gran parte consecuencia de los lazos que creó el ferrocarril, fue el florecimiento de la minería de metales industriales, en particular el cobre, y con ella la creciente presencia y finalmente predominio de los mercados y el capital estadounidenses dentro del estado. Si bien esta apertura hacia lo norteamericano finalmente transformó a Sonora en uno de los estados más ricos de México, también selló su dependencia con el país del norte. Por último, debido a la creciente importancia de los mercados e inversiones norteamericanos, se implantó un patrón de crecimiento económico en Sonora que, al favorecer las zonas ligadas a Estados Unidos, fomentó su crecimiento a expensas de otras. Este ensayo cuenta una parte de esa historia.Palabras clave: Sonora, Siglo XIX, Ferrocarril, Norte de México, Minería, Cobre.Abstract:Between the 1848 War and the first decade of the Twenty Century, Sonora?s history was marked by three fundamental events. The first one was the railroad construction inside the Mexican territory led by Americans. The second one, resulting as a consequence of the railroad links, was the rise of the mine production, focused on industrial metals, particularly cooper. This fact brought on the increasing presence and eventual predominance of American markets and capital in the State. Although such openness towards the USA transformed Sonora in one of the richest states of Mexico, it also sealed its dependency upon the Northern Neighbour. Finally, due to the increasing importance of the American markets and American investments, the retook place an economic growth pattern that favored those localities more closely tied to the USA at the expense of others. This essay tells part of this history.Key words: Sonora, 19th Century, Railroad links, Northern Mexico, Mining, Cooper.


2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ferrer-Coll ◽  
P. Ängskog ◽  
J. Chilo ◽  
P. Stenumgaard

Author(s):  
Robb Robinson

This chapter discusses the German minelaying assault on the waters around the British Isles that had passed its peak due to the growing effectiveness of British countermeasures. It details the difficulty of Germans to maintain high levels of mine production given the pressing demands of other military priorities. It also focuses on specific objectives that are discerned from a study of minelaying activities during the last year of the Great War. The chapter illustrates the great barrage that the Germans tried to lay on one specific stretch of the Scottish coast during the spring and summer of 1918, which was undertaken on a considerable scale. It examines the German operation that was a key part of an even wider strategy aimed at ensnaring the dreadnoughts of the Grand Fleet amongst the mines of the great barrage.


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