Change in the Former Soviet Union and its Implications for the Canadian Minerals Sector: The Cases of Copper, Gold, Nickel and Uranium, by David Haglund, S.N. MacFarlane and Vladimir Popov, with Ol’ga Kvasova and Roman Sheinin. Published by the Centre for Resource Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont. K7L 3N6. 161 pages.
The book focuses on minerals in light of the collapse of the Soviet Union and on the consequences which the breakdown is likely to have for the world economy. The issue is of concern to the Canadian mining industry in that some of the former Soviet republics produce and export the same key metals that Canada does, including copper, gold, nickel and uranium.
The authors attempt to answer two questions. First, to what extent does the involvement of former Soviet states and enterprises in international minerals markets constitute a threat to the Canadian mining industry? Second, what are the opportunities presented to Canadian mining as a result of the rapid changes in the former Soviet Union, and what are the risks connected with these opportunities?
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