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41) Extracted: how the quest for mineral wealth is plundering the planet : a report to the Club of Rome
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"As we dig, drill, and excavate to unearth the planet's mineral bounty, the resources we exploit from ores, veins, seams, and wells are gradually becoming exhausted. Mineral treasures that took millions, or even billions, of years to form are now being squandered in just centuries--or sometimes just decades. Will there come a time when we actually run out of minerals? Debates already soar over how we are going to obtain energy without oil, coal, and...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
While protecting a powerful mine owner with many enemies, Quill McKenna hires bounty hunter Calico Nash to help guard his boss's daughter, but is unable to control his attraction to her as death threats come thick and fast.
53) The looting machine: warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing...
Author
Series
Trailsman volume 388
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Trailsman rides straight into trouble when he goes up against a robber baron's agent who is setting explosives to re-route the Rio Grande in an attempt to get his hands on valuable mining land.
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