Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industry of Japan. 1988 International Review

摘要

Japan's mineral industry, benefiting from higher market prices and stronger demand for minerals and metals, improved its financial condition considerably in 1988. Most major minerals and metals producers reported higher earnings because of increased sales and higher market prices. Japan's mining sector, especially the nonferrous metals mining and coal mining industries, however, continued to shrink in 1988 because of increased imports of relatively inexpensive raw materials and continued cutbacks in domestic coal production under the Eighth National Coal Policy. Topics discussed in the report include the following: Government policies and programs; Production; Trade; Commodity review--Metals, industrial minerals, and mineral fuels.