Burke, Paul J.2018-04-06Burke, Paul J. 2018. ‘Metal footprint linked to economy.’ Nature Geoscience 11, 224–225.1752-0894http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142405The 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.application/pdf© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Naturemetal footprinteconomic growthinvestment2018-0410.1038/s41561-018-0101-0