Front Matter -- Background. Assessment of European Demand for Mineral Resources by Material Flow Analyses: The Case of Cobalt / Raphael Danino-Perraud, Maite Legleuher, Dominique Guyonnet -- Financialization of the Minerals and Metals Market: Origin, Challenges and Prospects / Yves Jegourel -- Geopolitics of Metals: Between Strategies of Power and Influence / Didier Julienne -- Mineral Wealth Endowment, a Construct / Michel Jebrak -- Issues. Modeling the Long-Term Evolution of Primary Production Energy and Metal Prices / Olivier Vidal -- Environmental Footprint of Mineral Resources / Jacques Villeneuve, Stephanie Muller, Antoine Beylot, Faustine Laurent, Frederic Lai -- Why Should We Fear Energy and Material Savings? Deconstructing a Sustainability Myth / Romain Debref -- The "Resource Curse" in Developing Mining Countries / Audrey Aknin -- Industrial and Artisanal Exploitation of Natural Resources: Impacts onDevelopment / Victoire Girard, Agnes Zabsonre.