Factors That and People Who Determine Resource Demand specific uses (multiple) price population possible substitute amount of mining economic development resource(s) recycling/ reuse shipping/transporting geopolitical issues raw material consequences of what makes the people might commodity useful not use (multiple) consequences of NOT using the commodity Resource Mining and Processing underground/surface primary locations of people who live in mine mining mines area reclamation job creation/destruction tailings remediation waste rock emissions exploration water use and pollution energy use miners government regulations mining companies processing (breaking potential effects of transportation and rock, beneficiation, accidents/natural infrastructure extracting elements) disasters land use (what land cannot be used for, including pleasure, worship, and other noneconomic purposes)
Factors That and People Who Determine Resource Demand specific uses (multiple) price population possible substitute resource(s) amount of mining economic development recycling/ reuse shipping/transporting raw material geopolitical issues consequences of people might not use consequences of NOT using the commodity what makes the commodity useful (multiple) Resource Mining and Processing underground/surface mining primary locations of mines people who live in mine area reclamation job creation/destruction tailings remediation waste rock emissions exploration water use and pollution energy use miners government regulations mining companies processing (breaking rock, beneficiation, extracting elements) potential effects of accidents/natural disasters transportation and infrastructure land use (what land cannot be used for, including pleasure, worship, and other noneconomic purposes)