International minerals cartels and embargoes : policy implications for the Unite States / Michael W. Klass, James C. Burrows, Steven D. Beggs.

Preface, v -- List of tables and figures, xi -- Part I: Overview, policy conclusions, and risk assessments -- 1. Overview, 3 -- 2. The framework of analysis and general policy conclusions, 21 -- 3. Risk assessments in particular markets, 38 -- Part II: Petroleum and bauxite: formal cartels posing significant threats -- 4. Energy markets and the OPEC cartel: impact and policy analysis, 59 -- 5. Bauxite and aluminum: impact and policy analysis, 109 -- Part III: High risks without formal cartels: chromite and manganese -- 6. Disruptions in chromite supplies: impact and policy analysis, 138 -- 7. Manganese: impact and policy analysis, 165 -- Part IV: Cobalt and platinum platinum/Palladium: concentrated markets and problematical risks -- 8. Cobalt: impact and policy analysis, 189 -- 9. Platinum/palladium: impact and policy analysis, 205 -- Party V: Copper: a cartel posing little threat -- 10. Copper: impact and policy analysis, 226 -- Appendix: models of optimal policy, 235 -- Index, 265 -- About the authors, 272 -- About Charles River associates, 274.