Fiscal-Military State, Habsburg Monarchy, Copper Production, 18th Century, Profitability

The growth and spread of the state dominance in the early modern mining industry was perceived as an obvious trend in the Habsburg Monarchy as a Fiscal-Military State. The copper production was subordinated directly to the central authorities of the Habsburg finance administration, as well as conducted by them. The close interconnection of the economic and political objectives (being the repayment of state debt, i.e., including the saturation of military needs) of the Habsburg Monarchy and the constant pressure to promote innovation in the everyday production practices of the mining and metallurgical plants are extraordinary important circumstances for investigation of the quantification and profitability of the copper production in the Monarchy during the 18th century.