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Metal footprint linked to economy

Burke, Paul J.

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The annual quantity of metal being used by humans has been on the rise. A new analysis of 43 major economies reveals the extent to which year-to-year fluctuations in metal footprints have been in lockstep with countries’ economic growth and changes in investment spending.

dc.contributor.authorBurke, Paul J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-06T07:01:47Z
dc.identifier.citationBurke, Paul J. 2018. ‘Metal footprint linked to economy.’ Nature Geoscience 11, 224–225.
dc.identifier.issn1752-0894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/142405
dc.description.abstractThe annual quantity of metal being used by humans has been on the rise. A new analysis of 43 major economies reveals the extent to which year-to-year fluctuations in metal footprints have been in lockstep with countries’ economic growth and changes in investment spending.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.publisherNature Geoscience
dc.rights© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
dc.sourceNature Geoscience
dc.source.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0101-0
dc.subjectmetal footprint
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.titleMetal footprint linked to economy
dc.typeJournal article
local.identifier.citationvolume11
dc.date.issued2018-04
local.identifier.absfor140205 - Environment and Resource Economics
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.nature.com/
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationBurke, P. J. Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.identifier.essn1752-0908
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage224
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage225
local.identifier.doi10.1038/s41561-018-0101-0
local.identifier.absseo849999 - Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) not elsewhere classified
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
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