What's the Optimal Tax on Mining?

RFF's Weekly Policy Commentary by John E. Tilton (author of On Borrowed Time: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion and Mineral Wealth and Economic Development) 

A number of governments have recently imposed stiffer taxes on mining activities. While raising more revenue for the government in the short term, these taxes might discourage mining development over the longer haul. To what extent does it make sense on economic grounds for governments to tax mining, and at what level? Continue reading at RFF...