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PB89102495

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Biviano, M.; Gillette, R.; Smith, P.
Page Count	72
Abstract	The Bureau of Mines assessed the direct costs to the US which would result from the prohibition of strategic and critical material imports from South Africa under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Minerals included in the analyses are: platinum, palladium, rhodium, chromium, manganese, vanadium, titanium, and cobalt. The findings of the analysis products; direct economic costs to us of $1.85 billion per year; insufficient alternative world sources to South Africa to meet U.S. demand for platinum and rhodium; expansion of domestic platinum group metal mining and secondary production; and, increased dependence on Soviet Union for the platinum group metals should the embargo decision be made.
Keywords	Imports Exports Economic analysis United States South Africa Strategic materials International trade Precious metals Chromium Manganese Titanium Rutile Vanadium Cobalt Rhodium Palladium Embargo Economic impact Foreign trade
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	96C - International Commerce, Marketing, & Economics 48A - Mineral Industries 92E - International Relations
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept./1988,
NTIS Issue Number	198901

Estimated Direct Economic Impacts of a U.S. Import Embargo on Strategic and Critical Minerals Produced in South Africa.

Estimated Direct Economic Impacts of a U.S. Import Embargo on Strategic and Critical Minerals Produced in South Africa.
PB89102495

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Biviano, M.; Gillette, R.; Smith, P.
Page Count	72
Abstract	The Bureau of Mines assessed the direct costs to the US which would result from the prohibition of strategic and critical material imports from South Africa under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Minerals included in the analyses are: platinum, palladium, rhodium, chromium, manganese, vanadium, titanium, and cobalt. The findings of the analysis products; direct economic costs to us of $1.85 billion per year; insufficient alternative world sources to South Africa to meet U.S. demand for platinum and rhodium; expansion of domestic platinum group metal mining and secondary production; and, increased dependence on Soviet Union for the platinum group metals should the embargo decision be made.
Keywords	Imports Exports Economic analysis United States South Africa Strategic materials International trade Precious metals Chromium Manganese Titanium Rutile Vanadium Cobalt Rhodium Palladium Embargo Economic impact Foreign trade
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	96C - International Commerce, Marketing, & Economics 48A - Mineral Industries 92E - International Relations
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept./1988,
NTIS Issue Number	198901