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This Sector shows considerable ability to use lower concentrations of materials, and separate them for useful purposes. Falls in price result. Building up of materials from separate ingredients are occurring in chemicals and plastics. Metals are being substituted by synthetic materials - and contracting to their core uses. These properties show dynamic behaviours, illustrated in Scenarios where demand increases for a particular material, with the roles of increased separation technology and chemical synthesis substitution.

Mining is well served by Multi-National Corporations, but not in the metal processing industries - where profitability has been difficult in the Advanced Countries.

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