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Biotechnology for Mining: The Potential of an Emerging Technology, the Andean Pact Copper Project and Some Policy Implications

1985; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-7660.1985.tb00203.x

1467-7660

Alyson Warhurst,

Extraction and Separation Processes

Development and ChangeVolume 16, Issue 1 p. 93-121 Biotechnology for Mining: The Potential of an Emerging Technology, the Andean Pact Copper Project and Some Policy Implications Alyson Warhurst, Alyson Warhurst is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit, The University of Sussex. She is completing her D. Phil. thesis on the potential of biotechnology for mineral producing developing countries and new perspectives on technology policy for development. She is currently working on a research project studying the transfer of technology to China's offshore oil industry.Search for more papers by this author Alyson Warhurst, Alyson Warhurst is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit, The University of Sussex. She is completing her D. Phil. thesis on the potential of biotechnology for mineral producing developing countries and new perspectives on technology policy for development. 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