The Changing Structure of Demand-Supply for Mineral Resources in South Korea

지난 20年間 韓國經濟의 持續的인 産業發展은 鑛物資源의 大量消費時代를 이룩하였다. 그러나 이와 같은 消費의 急成長은 大部分 外國으로부터의 輸入에 依存하였다. 韓國에서는 330余 鑛種이 알려져왔으며, 그중에서 50여種이 産業原料 鑛物資源으로 利用되고 있다. 1988年 燃料鑛物資源을 除外한 全體 金屬 非金屬 原料鑛物資源의 國內 自給度는 29% 였고, 26種의 非金屬 鑛物은 그 自給度가 66%로 比較的 높은 편이나, 18種의 金屬鑛物의 경우는 그 自給度가 6.3%에 불과한 實情이다. 1970年代 以后 우리나라의 經濟發展 단계에서 國民總生産量과 鑛物消費와의 관계는 아주 완만한 變化樣狀을 보이고 있다.

The accelerated industrialization of Korean economy over the last couple of decades has brought an era of mass consumption of mineral commodities. This increased consumption has been satisfied mainly by imports from abroad. South Korea has about 50 useful mineral commodities for the mineral industry, among 330 kinds of minerals described. In 1988 the self-sufficiency ratio of domestic demand for 44 non-fuel(metallic and non-metallic) minerals as a whole was no more than 29 percent. The ratio for 26 non-metallic minerals was much higher, about 66 percent. On the other hand, the ratio for 18 metallic minerals was relatively very low, about 6.3 percent. The correlation between GNP and mineral consumption in South Korea shows well the slow down patterns during the last two decades.