Word: coppers
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...head and taken it." She fled with her husband and three children, taking along her now-orphaned infant niece. The refugees have found some sanctuary but little food, despite Katanga's innate wealth. Situated right in the center of Africa, the province sits atop giant deposits of copper, cobalt and a good portion of the world's coltan, a rare mineral used in mobile-phone circuitry. Katanga is hugely fertile - it's deep green from the air. "This country could feed all of East Africa and much of southern Africa," says Claude Jibidar, the World Food Program's deputy representative...
Last week, rallies to demand the closure of a gold and copper mine run by U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia's Papua province turned violent, leaving three policemen and one air force officer dead. But the real surprise is that violence didn't break out sooner. Papuans have long seen the mine as a symbol of Jakarta's unequal share of the proceeds from the province's natural resources?and the roots of their resentment go even deeper. The remote province, whose inhabitants are ethnically distinct from the rest of the country, was forcibly taken over by Indonesia...
Last week, rallies to demand the closure of a gold and copper mine run by U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia's Papua province turned violent, leaving three policemen and one air force officer dead. But the real surprise is that violence didn't break out sooner. Papuans have long seen the mine as a symbol of Jakarta's unequal share of the proceeds from the province's natural resources-and the roots of their resentment go even deeper. The remote province, whose inhabitants are ethnically distinct from the rest of the country, was forcibly taken over by Indonesia...
...have nothing in common except that they are big, unguarded - and made of bronze. Vernon Rapley, head of Scotland Yard's Arts and Antiques Unit, fears the worst. "They've either been rapidly exported or melted down" - a thought Rapley finds "quite repugnant." But the market price for raw copper has leapt 170% since 2003 to more than $4,800 a ton, driven by demand from countries like China and India. And with scrap prices also on a high, police in the U.S., Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and elsewhere are seeing a surge in thefts of items like copper cable...
...posts in her cabinet-she'll be concerned about preserving the continuity of the country's impressive economic performance. Chile's economy grew 6.3% in 2005, and this year the growth forecast is between 5.25 and 6.25%, fueled mostly by record prices for the country's largest export, copper. Inflation, public debt and unemployment are low, and foreign trade continues to grow, boosted by free-trade agreements with the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the European Union, South Korea and others; new trade pacts are being negotiated with China and India. Infrastructure has been significantly upgraded, crime is down and college enrollment...