Critical Raw Materials and Economic Complexity in Latin America
Abstract
There are minerals that boost economic growth and which are essential for the development of sustainable technologies. These critical raw materials (CRMs) were determined by models created for complex economies. This paper aims to examine the mineral policies regarding CRMs of the main Latin-American economies, and the role of their respective National Innovation Systems (NIS) in the pursuit of greater economic complexity. This is achieved through a comparative assessment method applied to the mineral policies of the principal nations of the region —Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile. In this way, we found that due to the simplicityof these economies, as well as mineral policies that disregard their respective NIS, the increase of the economic complexity of the states in question is compromised. This is characterized by the exiguous value added through the interaction of knowledge and capabilities regarding their mineral resources and industry.
Keywords
mineral resources, non-renewable resources, economic development, innovation, sustainable technologies.
Author Biography
Juan Sebastián Lara Rodríguez
Administrador de Empresas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Candidato a Magister en Política Científica y Tecnológica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Becario Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
André Tosi Furtado
Economista, Magister y Doctor en Ciencias Económicas, Université Paris I Pantheón Sorbonne, Pos-Doctorado. Centre de Recherche Sur L'environnment et le Développement, Profesor Títular.
Aleix Altimiras-Martin
Ingeniero y Magister en Ingeniería Mecánica, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, y École Centrale de Paris, Doctor en Economía Agrícola, University of Cambridge, Profesor.
References
- Abramczyk, H. (2005). Introduction to Laser Spectroscopy (First). Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-044451662-6/50014-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-044451662-6/50014-9
- Altimiras-Martin, A. (2014). Analysing the Structure of the Economy Using Physical Input–Output Tables. Economic Systems Research, 26(4), 463–485. http://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2014.950637 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2014.950637
- Alves, A. R., & Coutinho, A. dos R. (2015). The Evolution of the Niobium Production in Brazil. Materials Research, 18(1), 106–112. http://doi.org/10.1590/1516-1439.276414 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-1439.276414
- Auty, R. M. (2003). Natural resources, development models and sustainable development. In International Institute for Environment and Development, Environmental Economics Programe (pp. 0–25). Stevenage, UK: Earthprint Limited. Retrieved from http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/9356/ DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.424082
- Auty, R. M. (2007). The resources curse and sustainable development. In G. Atkinson, S. Dietz, & E. Neumayer (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development (Vol. I, pp. 207–219). Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Babar, I. M., Sabran, M. B. S., Jusoh, Z., Ahmad, H., Harun, S. W., Halder, A., … Bhadra, S. K. (2014). Double-clad thulium/ytterbium co-doped octagonal-shaped fibre for fibre laser applications 1. Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 15(4), 173–184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3116/16091833/15/4/173/2014
- Becker, P. C., Olsson, N. A., & Simpson, J. R. (1999). Introduction. In Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers (First, pp. 1–11). London, GBR: Academic Press. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012084590-3/50003-X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012084590-3/50003-X
- Bescher, E., Robson, S. R., Mackenzie, J. D., Patt, B., Iwanczyk, J., & Hoffman, E. J. (2000). New lutetium silicate scintillators. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 19(3), 325–328. http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008785616233 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008785616233
- British Geological Survey. (2011). Tungsten profile. Nottingham. Retrieved from www.MineralsUK.com
- Brown, A. (2013). By the numbers: critical materials--weak spot for the U.S.? Mechanical Engineering [Serial Online], 135(5), 28–29. Retrieved from Business Source Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed July 2, 2014.
- Brumme, A. (2014). Wind Energy Deployment and the Relevance of Rare Earths - An Economic Analysis. In Wind Energy Deployment and the Relevance of Rare Earths, An Economic Analysis (1st ed.). Berlin: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04913-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04913-3
- Busch, J., Steinberger, J. K., Dawson, D. a, Purnell, P., & Roelich, K. (2014). Managing critical materials with a technology-specific stocks and flows model. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2), 1298–305. http://doi.org/10.1021/es404877u DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es404877u
- Chakhmouradian, A. R., Smith, M. P., & Kynicky, J. (2015). From “strategic” tungsten to “green” neodymium: A century of critical metals at a glance. Ore Geology Reviews, 64, 455–458. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.06.008 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.06.008
- Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (2014). Identificación de insumos críticos para el desarrollo de la minería en Chile. Santiago de Chile. Retrieved from http://www.cochilco.cl/descargas/estudios/informes/Insumos Críticos/Estudio_de_Insumos_Criticos_en_la_Mineria_Chilena_VF.pdf
- Csikósoya, A., Ćulkoya, K., & Antośoya, M. (2013). Magnesite industry in the Slovak Republic. Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management, 29(3). http://doi.org/10.2478/gospo-2013-0028 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gospo-2013-0028
- Dosi, G. (1982). Technological paradigsm and tecnological trajectories. Research Policy, 11, 147–162. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-7333(82)90016-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-7333(82)90016-6
- Du, X., & Graedel, T. E. (2013). Uncovering the end uses of the rare earth elements. The Science of the Total Environment, 461–462, 781–4. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.099
- Engholm, M., & Norin, L. (2008). Preventing photodarkening in ytterbium-doped high power fiber lasers; correlation to the UV-transparency of the core glass. Optics Express, 16, 1260–1268. http://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.001260 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.001260
- Erdmann, L., & Graedel, T. E. (2011). Criticality of non-fuel minerals: A review of major approaches and analyses. Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 7620–7630. http://doi.org/10.1021/es200563g DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es200563g
- European Commission. (2014). Report on critical raw materials for the EU, Report of the Ad hoc Working Group on defining critical raw materials. Brussels. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/files/docs/crm-report-on-critical-raw-materials_en.pdf
- Fromer, N. a., & Diallo, M. S. (2013). Nanotechnology and clean energy: sustainable utilization and supply of critical materials. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15(11), 1–15. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-2011-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-2011-9
- Glöser, S., Tercero, L., Gandenberger, C., & Faulstich, M. (2015). Raw material criticality in the context of classical risk assessment. Resources Policy, 44, 35–46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.12.003
- Goe, M., & Gaustad, G. (2014). Identifying critical materials for photovoltaics in the US: A multi-metric approach. Applied Energy, 123, 387–396. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.025
- Goonan, T. (2011). Rare Earth Elements — End Use and Recyclability. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5094. Retrieved from http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5094/ DOI: https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20115094
- Graedel, T. E., Barr, R., Chandler, C., Chase, T., Choi, J., Christoffersen, L., … Zhu, C. (2012). Methodology of metal criticality determination. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(2), 1063–1070. http://doi.org/10.1021/es203534z DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es203534z
- Granda, M., Blanco, C., Alvarez, P., Patrick, J. W., & Menéndez, R. (2014). Chemicals from coal coking. Chemical Reviews, 114(3), 1608–1636. http://doi.org/10.1021/cr400256y DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/cr400256y
- Gu, Y. F., Harada, H., & Ro, Y. (2004). Chromium and chromium-based alloys: Problems and possibilities for high-temperature service. Jom, 56(9), 28–33. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-004-0197-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-004-0197-0
- Gupta, V. K., Jain, R., Hamdan, a. J., Agarwal, S., & Bharti, A. K. (2010). A novel ion selective sensor for promethium determination. Analytica Chimica Acta, 681(1–2), 27–32. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2010.09.037 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2010.09.037
- Halme, K., Piirainen, K., Vekinis, G., Ernst-Udo, S., & Viljamaa, K. (2012). Substitutionability of Critical Raw Materials. Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki. Brussels: European Union. http://doi.org/10.2861/53633
- Hartwick, J. M. (1977). Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources. American Economic Association, 67(5), 972–974. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1828079
- Hausmann, R., Hidalgo, C. a., Bustos, S., Coscia, M., Chung, S., Jimenez, J., … Yildirim, M. (2014). The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity (2014th ed.). Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University and Masachussetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved from http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/rankings/ DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9647.001.0001
- Hein, J. R., Mizell, K., Koschinsky, A., & Conrad, T. a. (2013). Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based resources. Ore Geology Reviews, 51, 1–14. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.001
- Hensel, N. D. (2011). Economic Challenges in the Clean Energy Supply Chain: The Market for Rare Earth Minerals and Other Critical Inputs. Business Economics, 46(3), 171–184. http://doi.org/10.1057/be.2011.17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/be.2011.17
- Hidalgo, C. a, & Hausmann, R. (2009). The building blocks of economic complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(26), 10570–10575. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900943106 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900943106
- Hoppstock, K., & Sures, B. (2004). Platinum-Group Metals. In E. Merian, M. Anke, & M. Stoeppler (Eds.), Elements and Their Compounds in the Environment: Occurrence, Analysis and Biological Relevance (pp. 1047–1086). Weinheim, Germany: WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA. http://doi.org/10.1002/9783527619634.ch41 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527619634.ch41
- Hort, N., Mathaudhu, S., Ncclameggham, N., & Alderman, M. (2013). Magnesium Technology 2013. (M. & M. S. (TMS) Magnesium Committee of the Light Metals Division of The Minerals, Ed.). San Antonio: Wiley. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663004
- Karl, T. L. (1997). Review The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States. Berkeley: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520918696
- Köhler, A. R., Bakker, C., & Peck, D. (2013). Critical materials: a reason for sustainable education of industrial designers and engineers. European Journal of Engineering Education, 38(4), 441–451. http://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2013.796341 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2013.796341
- La teo. (n.d.). Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
- Lara-Rodríguez, J. S., & Bermúdez, J. I. (2011). Perspectiva de la política de innovación y su monitoreo en la Unión Europea , 2010-2020. Finanzas Y Política Económica, 3(2), 105–126. Retrieved from http://ideas.repec.org/a/col/000443/009853.html
- Lara-Rodríguez, J. S., Rojas, C. A., & Martínez, J. A. (2015). Evolución organizacional : inducción socio-biológica para el entendimiento de la metáfora. AD-Minister, 26(enero-junio), 101–122. http://doi.org/10.17230/ad-minister.26.5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17230/ad-minister.26.5
- Lundvall, B. Å., Vang, J., Chaminade, J., & Chaminade, C. (2009). Innovation system research and developing countries. In B. Å. Lundvall, K. J. Joseph, C. Chaminade, & J. Vang (Eds.), Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries, Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting (pp. 1–30). Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849803427
- Massari, S., & Ruberti, M. (2013). Rare earth elements as critical raw materials: Focus on international markets and future strategies. Resources Policy, 38(1), 36–43. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.07.001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.07.001
- McNeil, D. (2004). Beryllium. London, GBR. Retrieved from http://beryllium.eu/resources/Critical Material and Market Forces Literature/Beryllium Production and Outlook Roskill Mineral Sevices.pdf
- Melcher, F., & Buchholz, P. (2014). Germanium. In G. Gunn (Ed.), Critical Metals Handbook (First, pp. 177–203). Nottingham. UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://doi.org/10.1002/9781118755341.ch8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118755341.ch8
- Miller, M. (2010). Fluorspar. Mining Engineering, 62(6), 48–49. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/578164423?accountid=8113
- Ministério de Minas e Energia. (2011). Plano Nacional de Mineração 2030. Geologia, Mineração e Transformação Mineral. Brasilia. Retrieved from http://www.mme.gov.br/documents/1138775/1732821/Book_PNM_2030_2.pdf/f7cc76c1-2d3b-4490-9d45-d725801c3522
- Ministerio de Minas y Energía. (2012). Resolución número 18 0102 de 30 enero de 2012 “Por la cual se determinan unos minerales de interés estratégico para el país.” Bogotá D.C.: República de Colombia. Retrieved from http://www.minminas.gov.co/documents/10180//23517//20337-10498.pdf
- Ministerio de Minería. (2015). Ministerio de Minería - Cuenta Pública. Santiago de Chile. Retrieved from http://www.gob.cl/cuenta-publica/2015/sectorial/2015_sectorial_ministerio-mineria.pdf
- Mishra, B., & Termsuksawad, P. (1999). Niobium. Review of Extraction, Processing, Propierties and Aplications of Reactive Metals, 83–134. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1002/9781118788417.ch3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118788417.ch3
- National Research Council of the National Academies. (2008). Minerals, critical minerals, and the U. S. economy. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press : Washington, DC, United States. Retrieved from www.nap.edu
- Nelson, R. R., & Winter, S. G. (1982). An evolutionary Theory of Economic Change. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press.
- Platias, S., Vatalis, K. I., & Charalabidis, G. (2013). Innovative Processing Techniques for the Production of a Critical Raw Material the High Purity Quartz. Procedia Economics and Finance, 5(13), 597–604. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(13)00070-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(13)00070-1
- Ploeg, F. Van Der. (2011). Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing? Journal of Economic Literature, 49(2), 366–420. http://doi.org/10.1257/jel.49.2.366 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.49.2.366
- Programa Nacional de Minería Alta Ley. (2016). Desde el cobre a la innovación. Roadmap Tecnológico 2015-2035. (Fundación Chile, Ed.). Santiago de Chile: A IMPRESORES.
- República Argentina. (1887). Ley N° 1919 Código de Minería. Buenos Aires: Senado y Camara de Diputados. Retrieved from http://wp.cedha.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ley-minera-argentina.pdf
- Schwarz-Schampera, U. (2014). Indium. In G. Gunn (Ed.), Critical Metals handbook (First, Vol. 11, pp. 204–229). Nottingham. UK: John Wiley & Sons. http://doi.org/10.1002/9781118755341.ch9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118755341.ch9
- Secretaría de Economía. (2014). Programa de Desarrollo Minero 2013-2018. Ciudad de México. Retrieved from http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5344070&fecha=09/0
- Secretaría de Política Económica y Planificación del Desarrollo. (2016). Informes de cadenas de valor: Minería Metalífera y Rocas de Aplicación. Buenos Aires. Retrieved from http://www.economia.gob.ar/peconomica/docs/ficha_litio_dic_2011.pdf
- Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. (1954). Accessibility of strategic and critical materials to U.S. in time of war and for expanding economy. Accessibility of Strategic and Critical Materials to the United States in Time of War and for Our Expanding Economy. Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Made by Its Minerals, Materials, and Fuels Economic Subcommittee pursuant to S. Re. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.unal.edu.co/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edslns&AN=LNSD80B819B-90F7F8E3&lang=es&site=eds-live
- Sievers, H., Buijs, B., & Tercero Espinoza, L. a. (2012). Limits to the critical raw materials approach. Proceedings of the ICE - Waste and Resource Management, 165(4), 201–208. http://doi.org/10.1680/warm.12.00010 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/warm.12.00010
- Slowinski, G., Latimer, D., & Mehlman, S. (2013). Research-on-Research: Dealing with Shortages of Critical Materials. Research-Technology Management, 56(5), 18–24. http://doi.org/10.5437/08956308X5605139 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5437/08956308X5605139
- The World Bank. (2013). World Development Indicators: Science and technology. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Group. Retrieved from http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/5.13
- The World Bank. (2014). World Bank GDP Deflator. Retrieved May 28, 2016, from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG)
- U.S. Geological Survey. (2015). Mineral Commodity Summaries 2015. Reston, Virginia. Retrieved from http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2015/mcs2015.pdf DOI: https://doi.org/10.3133/70140094
- Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética. (2013). Plan Nacional De Desarrollo Minero 2010 - 2014. Bogotá D.C. Retrieved from http://www.upme.gov.co/Docs/pndm/2013/PNDM2014.pdf
- Van Gosen, B., Verplanck, P., Long, K., Gambogi, J., Joseph, & Seal. (2014). The Rare-Earth Elements — Vital to Modern Technologies and Lifestyles. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3078. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3078. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143078 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20143078
- World Commission on Environment and Development. (1987). Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report). Medicine, Conflict and Survival. http://doi.org/10.1080/07488008808408783 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07488008808408783
- Wübbeke, J. (2013). Rare earth elements in China: Policies and narratives of reinventing an industry. Resources Policy, 38(3), 1–11. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.05.005 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.05.005
- Ziemann, S., Grunwald, A., Schebek, L., Müller, D. b., & Weil, M. (2013). The future of mobility and its critical raw materials. Revue de Métallurgie, 110(1), 47–54. http://doi.org/10.1051/metal/2013052 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/metal/2013052
- Zimmermann, T., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2013). Critical materials and dissipative losses: a screening study. The Science of the Total Environment, 461–462, 774–80. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.040