Poor Little Rich Islands

Abstract

Minerals just lie there. They are not usually in the way of agriculture, as trees may be, nor do competing demands threaten them, as is the case with land or water. Local uses for them can be small or nonexistent. They can be exhausted, but new technologies for working deposits can revive them or extend their lifespan, and new demands and higher prices can lead to reopening once-abandoned activities. Sometimes, minerals can be very important.

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