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Xstrata Copper says it is now reviewing all of its operations in north Queensland due to the Federal Government's proposed tax on the resources sector.

Ernst & Young's 2011 top strategic business risks in the mining and metals sector: 1. Resource nationalism 2. Skills shortage 3. Infrastructure access 4. Social licence to operate 5. Capital project execution 6. Price and currency volatility 7. Capital allocation 8. Cost management 9. Interruptions to supply 10. Fraud and corruption

Tiger Resources expects to achieve first copper cathode production at the Kipoi project in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the second quarter of 2014.

This study examines the geopolitical role of 14 metals and metalloids needed for renewable energy technologies. The analysis focuses on three factors with potential geopolitical importance: the geographic concentration of resources, potential revenues of resources rich countries and the size of total global markets.

The number of people on our planet is rising. By 2050 we will be 9 billion, and 75% of us will live in cities. Our demands will place increased pressure on supplies of energy, water and food. The relationship between these resources seems simple: water is needed to produce most forms of energy; energy is required to treat and transport water, and food production relies on water and energy. It is, however, more complex. Shell is using scenarios to help explore the future dynamics of these vital resources.

Zimbabwe has released a draft amendment to its indigenisation policy, confirming that the government will not provide compensation for the 51% share it will hold in foreign-owned mining companies.

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012 reveals that the sector produced a record 128 million tonnes of fish for human food - an average of 18.4 kg per person - providing more than 4.3 billion people with about 15 percent of their animal protein intake. Fisheries and aquaculture are also a source of income for 55 million people."Fisheries and aquaculture play a vital role in the global, national and rural economy," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. "The livelihoods of 12 percent of the world's population depend directly or indirectly on them. Fisheries and aquaculture give an important contribution to food security and nutrition. They are the primary source of protein for 17 percent of the world's population and nearly a quarter in low-income food-deficit countries."Árni M. Mathiesen, head of FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, said: "Fisheries and aquaculture are making a vital contribution to global food security and economic growth. However, the sector faces an array of problems, including poor governance, weak fisheries management regimes, conflicts over the use of natural resources, the persistent use of poor fishery and aquaculture practices. And it is further undermined by a failure to incorporate the priorities and rights of small-scale fishing communities and the injustices relating to gender discrimination and child labour."Boosting governanceFAO is urging governments to make every effort to ensure sustainable fisheries around the world. The report notes that many of the marine fish stocks monitored by FAO remain under great pressure.

The growing global demand for minerals and rare earth elements in the recent years, coupled with declining resources on land has got stakeholders interested from across the world to explore the lucrative mineral resources beneath the surface of the seas and invest in deep sea mining.

Materials stewardship is about companies contributing to sustainability by making the best use of intelligent design and application of technology to increase recoveries, by extending the resource base through reduced losses, by reducing the use of materials per unit of production, by diverting "waste" materials to productive uses and by restoring resources such as land and water to productive use. 

The process breakthrough is significant in that it opens up the potential for co-production of both graphite and graphene

Making one tonne of aluminium requires about two tonnes of alumina. The production of two tonnes of alumina creates two to four tonnes of red mud or bauxite residue, which is presently regarded as waste from the Bayer process - but it is potentially a valuable resource. The production of 200,000,000 tonnes of red mud every year has a serious effect on the environment. For now, technology enables us to store the residue harmlessly, but this does not remove the problem.

“We are pleased with our operating performance this quarter and have made good progress on our cost reduction program. However, prices for our products have continued to weaken, particularly steel making coal,”

Newmont Mining Corp, Teck Resources, private equity firm Blackstone Group and Magris Resources – a company led by former Barrick ceo Aaron Regent – are discussing a partnership to make a bid for Glencore Xstrata's $5.9 billion Las Bambas copper project in Peru, according to local media.

But since the turn of the millennium, the world has a different take on Africa thanks to an economic boom that refuses to fit into the usual distorted picture. The same voices that once proclaimed the continent dead are now predicting a rebirth for Africa, the awakened giant with nearly incalculable natural resources (around 40 percent of the world's raw materials and 60 percent of its uncultivated arable land), fast-growing markets and a young, highly motivated population.

This report has been prepared by Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute. It has been independently prepared to support efforts to communicate critical energy issues to a broad range of stakeholders