Because of increasing oil prices since 1974, a geographical restructuring of bauxite processing is under way in a wholesale manner. Since sources of low-cost electricity have been largely exhausted in many industrialized countries, aluminum companies are now seeking locations for bauxite processing in non-traditional areas. This paper intends: (1) to analyze locational determinants of bauxite processing in a historical perspective; (2) to assess gains...
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1982/01/31
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Document de travail sur les produits de base
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DWC8202
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2012/02/15
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Disclosed
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Bauxite processing in developing countries
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aluminum can