Anderson Minerals is a small mining company that opened in 2…

Anderson Minerals is a small mining company that opened in 2017. By 2025, the firm was forced to close. The company had been continuously laying off employees since 2023. The decline in the availability of minerals in its region since 2023 contributed vastly to its downfall and reduced the need to inject new capital. Which of the following factors of production primarily caused the firm to end its operations?