New sources of alloying metals for the steel industry in a changing global market

• Authors: Piotr L. Wilczyński

Title variants

PL

Nowe źródła metali uszlachetniających stal na zmieniających się rynkach świata

Abstracts

PL

Celem opracowania jest wyjaśnienie zmian jakie nastąpiły w ostatnich dwóch dekadach na rynku strategicznych surowców, do jakich należą rudy metali stosowanych w metalurgii stali. Uwzględniono w szczególności rudy manganu, chromu, niklu, wolframu, molibdenu i kobaltu. Podjęcie takiego tematu jest uzasadnione z uwagi na niedostatek aktualnych informacji na ten temat w publikacjach geograficznych. Są one obecnie rozproszone w różnorodnych źródłach, m.in. ekonomicznych, geologicznych, dotyczących technologii metali oraz ochrony zasobów. Realizacja podjętego zadania wymaga zebrania w jednym miejscu rozproszonych w różnych źródłach informacji oraz przejrzenia setek prospektów informacyjnych międzynarodowych korporacji górniczych zaangażowanych w ten biznes, dokumentów rządowych, a nawet raportów dotyczących małych i dopiero rozwijających się firm lokalnych. Ich analiza pozwoli także, w drugiej części pracy, na przedstawienie nowopowstających i projektowanych ośrodków wydobywczych

EN

The purpose of this study is to explain the changes that have occurred in the last two decades in the market for strategic raw materials, which include metal ores used in steel metallurgy. In particular, the ores of manganese, chromium, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum and cobalt are considered. Taking up such a subject is justified because of the scarcity of up-to-date information on this subject in the current geographical literature. Such information is currently scattered in a variety of sources including economic, geological, on the technology of metals and on resource protection. Completion of the undertaken task requires gathering in one place information scattered in various sources and reviewing hundreds of information prospectuses of international mining corporations involved in this business, government documents and even reports on small and developing local companies. Their analysis will also allow, in the second part of the work, to present newly emerging and planned mining centers.

Keywords

EN

ferroalloys; mining geography; global market; resources; mines; mining corporations; ore

PL

metale uszlachetniające stal; geografia górnictwa; rynek światowy; zasoby; kopalnie; korporacje górnicze; rudy

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
• Journal: Przegląd Geopolityczny
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 40
• Pages: 44-83

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Piotr L. Wilczyński

• Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie

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Biblioteka Nauki

21151019