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World Topics: Gold, Metals, Minerals and Mining

• MINERALS, MINING, MINES AND DEMAND FOR METALS
• CONFLICT MINERALS AND METAL THEFT
• GOLD AND ITS HISTORY
• GOLD MINING AND PROCESSING
• GOLD, PRICES, AND INVESTMENTS
• PLATINUM AND SILVER, THEIR USES AND THE WORLD’S FIRST MONEY
• COBALT, URANIUM, CHROMIUM, TITANIUM, NICKEL AND OTHER STRATEGIC METALS
• RARE EARTHS IN CHINA: DIFFERENT TYPES, SUPPLIES, MINING, POLLUTION
• RARE EARTHS IN CHINA: SHORTAGES, EXPORT QUOTAS, OVERPRODUCTION AND THE WTO
• RARE EARTHS OUTSIDE OF CHINA: OLD AND NEW SOURCES, URBAN MINING AND ALTERNATIVES TO RARE EARTHS
• LITHIUM, BATTERIES, ELECTRIC CARS AND BOLIVIAN RESERVES
• IRON AND STEEL, THEIR HISTORY AND PRODUCTION
• ALUMINUM, LEAD, ZINC AND OTHER COMMERCIAL METALS AND MATERIALS
• COPPER, MINING, PROCESSING AND THE COPPER AND BRONZE AGES
• PHOSPHATES, BIRD GUANO AND FERTILIZER
• WATER, ITS USES, PROBLEMS AND WATER SERVICE COMPANIES
• WATER SHORTAGES: SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS