Instability of mining and quarrying industry

Visualization of narrower problems
Nature 
Without the revenues from mineral and metals, many mineral producing countries would be unable to pay for imports and service their debt. However, over the last years, the terms of trade between exported minerals and imported equipment have seriously deteriorated. The deep depression of metal prices from 1981 to 1986 led many to question the future for minerals and metals. This does not only concern the base metals used extensively in industrial development (iron, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, aluminium), but also the precious minerals and metals generating ready cash (gold, diamonds, silver), the agricultural minerals (phosphates, potash) and the industrial minerals and construction materials.
Broader 
Instability of the commodities trade
Economic and industrial production instability
Narrower 
Coal mining instability
Instability of salt mining
Iron ore mining instability
Non-ferrous ore mining instability
Petroleum and natural gas production instability
Instability of miscellaneous mining and quarrying
Related 
Exhaustion of mineral resources
Aggravates 
Unavailability of building materials
Underdevelopment of mining and quarrying industries [in 1 loop]
Aggravated by 
Environmental impacts from mining
Strategy(ies) 
Planning mining industry
Constructing from stone
Utilizing indigenous building material
Value(s) 
Stability
Instability
Undermining
Reference(s) 
Yachir, Fayçal: The Conflict over Mineral Resources in Africa
Bennett, James T and Williams, Walter E: Strategic Minerals: the economic impact of supply disruptions
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems