我校英国威廉希尔公司宋益老师在T1级别期刊——《RESOURCES POLICY》上发表题为“Technological change in critical metallic mineral sub-sectors and its impacts on mineral supply: Evidence from China”。论文第一作者宋益为英国威廉希尔公司副教授。

Abstract /摘要：

Ensuring thesupplyofcriticalmetallicmineralis vital to addressing climate issues, andtechnologicalchangeis recognized as an important way to effectively improve thesupplyofcriticalmetallicmineral. Taking 14criticalmetallicmineralsub-sectorsinChinaas samples, this study first measures theirtechnologicalchange(TC), which is decomposed into magnitude oftechnologicalchange(MTC) and biasedtechnologicalchange(BTC). Then, the impact oftechnologicalchangeonthesupplyofcriticalmineralis explored and heterogeneity is considered. Finally, production scale and production cost are introduced as mediating variables to explore their influence mechanisms. The results show that: (1)technologicalchangepromotes the improvement of green total factor productivity (GTFP) ofcriticalmetallicmineralsub-sectorsinChinafromtwo dimensions of MTC and BTC,inwhich aluminum sector has the strongest promoting effect while antimony sector has the lowest promoting effect. (2) TC and MTCincriticalmetallicmineralsub-sectorshave a significant contribution tomineralsupply, but there is heterogeneity, withtechnologicalchangehaving a greater impactonthe mining industry than the smelting industry. (3)Technologicalchangeincriticalmetallicmineralsub-sectorscan indirectly guarantee thesupplyofmineralproducts by increasing production scale and reducing production costs.Insummary, more policies that are conducive totechnologicalchangeshould be developed, and it helps to guarantee thesupplyofcriticalmetallicminerals.

论文信息;

Title/题目:

Technological change in critical metallic mineral sub-sectors and its impacts on mineral supply: Evidence from China

Authors/作者:

Song, Yi; Ruan, Shengzhe; Cheng, Jinhua；Zhang, Yijun

Keywords /关键词

Technological change；Critical metallic mineral sub-sectors；Supply of critical minerals；Production scale effect；Production cost effect

DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103850

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