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Overview

John E. Tilton is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. The scholarly work focuses on areas related to mineral economics and engineering disciplines, particularly within the subfield of mechanical engineering.

The research topics covered include extraction and separation processes, reflecting the scientist's engagement with the technical and economic aspects of mineral resource management.

Recent publications offer insight into this focus. These include the article titled "Life as a mineral economist", published in 2020 in Mineral Economics. Another publication is "Phillip Crowson - economist, scholar, teacher, and friend", released in 2022, also in Mineral Economics.

  • Life as a mineral economist (2020, Mineral Economics)
  • Phillip Crowson - economist, scholar, teacher, and friend (2022, Mineral Economics)

The accumulation of published work is primarily concentrated in the journal Mineral Economics, with two known publications appearing there.

  • Mineral Economics (2 publications)

Co-authorships are not reported for the recent body of work, indicating a sole authorship approach or lack of frequent collaboration documented in the available data.

Best Publications

  • International diffusion of technology;: The case of semiconductors

    John E. Tilton

  • The resource curse

    Graham A. Davis;John E. Tilton;John E. Tilton

  • Using the cumulative availability curve to assess the threat of mineral depletion: The case of lithium

    Andrés Yaksic;John E. Tilton

  • Mining Royalties: A Global Study of Their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society

    James Otto;Craig B. Andrews;Fred Cawood;Michael Doggett

  • Research and development costs as a barrier to entry

    Dennis C. Mueller;John E. Tilton

  • Assessing the long-run availability of copper

    John E. Tilton;John E. Tilton;Gustavo Lagos

  • On Borrowed Time: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion

    John E. Tilton

  • Depletion and the future availability of petroleum resources

    Roberto F. Aguilera;Roderick G. Eggert;C C Gustavo Lagos;John E. Tilton

  • Exhaustible resources and sustainable development

    John E. Tilton

  • World Metal Demand: Trends and Prospects

    John E. Tilton

  • Mineral Economics and Policy

    John E. Tilton;Juan Ignacio Guzmán

  • The boom in mineral markets: How long might it last?

    Marian Radetzki;Marian Radetzki;Roderick G. Eggert;Roderick G. Eggert;Gustavo Lagos;Marcos Lima

  • Material efficiency: An economic perspective

    Patrik Söderholm;John E. Tilton;John E. Tilton

  • The real, real price of nonrenewable resources: copper 1870–2000

    Peter Svedberg;John E. Tilton

  • Mining and corruption

    Andrea Petermann;Juan Ignacio Guzmán;John E. Tilton;John E. Tilton

  • Copper recycling and scrap availability

    Fernando Gómez;Juan Ignacio Guzmán;John E. Tilton

  • Investor demand and spot commodity prices

    John E. Tilton;David Humphreys;Marian Radetzki

  • Labor productivity and comparative advantage in mining:: the copper industry in Chile

    Patricio Garcia;Peter F. Knights;John E. Tilton

  • Public policy and future mineral supplies

    John E. Tilton;John E. Tilton;Phillip C.F. Crowson;John H. DeYoung;Roderick G. Eggert

  • SHOULD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RENOUNCE MINING? A PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEBATE

    Graham A. Davis;John E. Tilton

  • Innovation, Productivity Growth, and the Survival of the U.S. Copper Industry

    John E. Tilton;Hans H. Landsberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Aguilera
Roberto Aguilera Curtin University
Thomas F. Rutherford
Thomas F. Rutherford University of Wisconsin–Madison
Simon M. Jowitt
Simon M. Jowitt University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
Patrik Söderholm
Patrik Söderholm Luleå University of Technology
Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines

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