The White Man's Burden REVISITED

rffrydr · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:25 am Post subject: The White Man's Burden REVISITED

China in Africa--where Western guilt cannot go/do:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602190331feb19,1,479378.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

rffrydr · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

From this week's Economist, "A Warm Embrace":

Angola, the second-largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa, is now the single biggest supplier of oil to China, surpassing Saudi Arabia. Last year Angolan-Chinese trade was worth $7 billion.

http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_SDRDVSQ

rffrydr · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

Things look different from "our" point of view, "Democratic Republic of Congo" is seen as an "imaginary place" to open a mine.

http://www.mineweb.net/sections/whats_new/932414.htm

Otherwise good article on the structural impediements to capacity in base materials and the mindframe of "high prices." But take note, new tech. peeking its head, Hydrometallurgy and the passing of smelters....
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