U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1374

Published 2004
Online Only
Version 1.0

China’s Growing Appetite for Minerals

By David Menzie, Pui-Kwan Tse, Mike Fenton, John Jorgenson, and Hendrik van Oss

Abstract

During the last 15 years, China's economy and consumption have grown rapidly. This report contains figures and notes from a talk that discusses China's increasing consumption of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, iron ore, petroleum, and steel in context of its developing economy.

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For questions about the content of this report, contact David Menzie.

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