John Tilton, Research Professor and University Professor Emeritus

 

 
 
Contact Info
Office: Room 110, Engineering Hall
Phone: 303.273.3485
Fax: 303.273.3416
jtilton@mines.edu

Tilton CVPDF versionText only version
 
Education
PhD, Economics, Yale University
MA, Economics, Yale University
BA, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University
 
Courses Taught
EBGN 311 Microeconomics
EBGN 535 Economics of Metal Industries and Markets
EBGN 590 Econometrics and Forecasting
 
Professional Experience
 
2005-present    Research Professor of Economics and Business, and University Professor Emeritus, Colorado School of Mines

2003-present    Profesor de la Cátedra de Economía de Minerales, Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

2008-2008       Guest Professor, Institute of Environmental Decisions, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

1985-2005        William J. Coulter Professor of Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines

2002-2002       Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Energy Sciences, Kyoto University

1994-1998       Director, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines

1992-1992       Fulbright Scholar, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris

1991-1991       Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future

1972-1985       Professor of Mineral Economics, The Pennsylvania State University

1982-1984       Research Leader, Mineral Trade and Markets Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

1977-1977       Economic Affairs Officer, Minerals and Metals Branch, Commodities Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

1970-1972       Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maryland

1967-1970       Research Associate, Economic Studies Division, The Brookings Institution

 

Research Specialization
  • Natural resource economics
  • Environmental economics
  • International trade
  • Industrial organization
  • Mining: economic and policy issues
  • Depletion and the availability of mineral commodities
  • Metal production, trade, and use
  • Recycling
  • Material substitution
  • Commodity market
  • Mineral commodities, the environment, and sustainable development

 

Selected Recent Publications
"Investor Demand and Spot Commodity Prices," Resources Policy, Vol. 35 (2011), pp. 187-195. Co-authored with David Humphreys and Marian Radetzki.

“Using the Cumulative Availability Curve to Assess the Threat of Mineral Depletion: The Case of Lithium,”PDF versionText only version Resources Policy, Vol. 34 (2009), pp. 185-194. Co-authored with Andrés Yaksic.

“Using Exploration Expenditures to Assess the Climate for Mineral Investment,” Resources Policy, Vol. 33 (2008), pp. 179-187. Co-authored with J. Joaquin Jara and Gustavo Lagos.

“The Real, Real Price of Nonrenewable Resources: Copper 1870-2000,”PDF versionText only version World Development, Vol. 34, No. 3 (March 2006), pp. 501-519. Co-authored with Peter Svedberg.

“Depletion and the Long-Run Availability of Mineral Commodities,” in Michael E. Doggett and John R. Parry, eds., Wealth Creation in the Minerals Industry: Integrating Science, Business and Education (Littleton, CO: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 12, 2006), pp. 61-70.
 

Select Recent Presentations
Mongolia - The Resource Curse: Causes and CuresPDF versionText only version
Critical Energy and Mineral Resources: Challenges and Opportunities
Assessing the Long-Run Availability of Mineral Commodities

 

Books

Mining Royalties: A Global Study of their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society (Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2006). Co-authored with James Otto, Craig Andrews, Fred Cawood, Michael Doggett, Pietro Guj, Frank Stermole, and John Stermole.

On Borrowed Time? Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 2003).

View From the Helm (London: Mining Journal Books, 1995). Editor.

Mineral Wealth and Economic Development (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1992). Editor.

Competitiveness in Metals: The Impact of Public Policy (London: Mining Journal Books, 1992). Co-edited with Merton J. Peck and Hans H. Landsberg.

World Metal Demand: Trends and Prospects (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1990). Editor.

World Mineral Exploration: Trends and Economic Issues (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1988). Co-edited with Roderick G. Eggert and Hans H. Landsberg.

Mineral and Mining Policy in Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby: Institute of National Affairs, 1986). Co-authored with John Millet and Richard Ward.

Material Substitution: Lessons from Tin-Using Industries (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1983). Co-authored with Patrick D. Canavan, Frederick R. Demler, and Derek G. Gill.

The Impact of Seabed Mining: A Qualitative Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1983).

Policy and the Diffusion of Technology: An International Comparison of Large Fossil-Fueled Generating Units (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1978). Co-authored with John H. DeYoung, Jr.

The Future of Nonfuel Minerals (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1977).

International Diffusion of Technology: The Case of Semiconductors (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1971).



  

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