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Mining investment and regional development: A scenario-based assessment for Northern Sweden

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2011

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Ejdemo, T., and Söderholm, P., 2011, Mining investment and regional development: A scenario-based assessment for Northern Sweden: Resources Policy, v. 36, iss. 1, p. 14-21.

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The way in which mineral development contributes to economic development in the region where it takes place is important for the mining industry's relations to the local community. The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of the regional-economic impacts of a large-scale contemporary iron ore project in Northern Sweden (including two new mines, two processing plants, and one pellet plant). The regional input-output model rAps, provided by the Swedish government agency NUTEK is used, and it explicitly addresses the linkages between demographic development, the labour market, industrial production and the municipal finances in a consistent modelling framework. The simulation results suggest an average employment multiplier [...]

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