Other regions are experiencing intense competition in trade and natural resources, including oil and minerals, by firms from Europe, U.S., Japan, Korea and China.
The country has large deposits of minerals including gold and diamonds but decades of conflict and mismanagement have left its people among the world's poorest.
New legislation will require U.S. companies to disclose the use of certain minerals, including tantalum, in their products and to describe the process used to ensure the purchase of these minerals does not fund the illegally armed groups operating in the DRC.
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Sittard expanded ENRC into new minerals, including nickel in the Balkans and cobalt in Zambia.
This seems likely given recent falls in the prices of other industrial minerals, including copper, nickel and zinc.
Saltwater fish also contain minerals, including iron, iodine, phosphorus, and selenium.
The Arctic is already a big source of minerals, including zinc in Alaska, gold in Canada, iron in Sweden and nickel in Russia, and there is plenty more to mine.
The latest salvo was fired on June 23rd by America and the European Union, which complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's restrictions on the exports of nine minerals, including bauxite, coke, magnesium and manganese.
Section 1502 is based on the recognition that companies from around the world, including in the United States, buy minerals from the DRC and use them to produce high-tech components that go into computers, mobile phones and other devices.
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Under current law, the federal government and states share in revenues received from mineral production on federal lands, including oil, natural gas and any other minerals that are mined in a given state.
The Arctic is stocked with minerals that were hitherto largely inaccessible, including an estimated 30% of undiscovered reserves of natural gas and 13% of undiscovered oil reserves.
Several gold funds, including U.S. Global Investors World Precious Minerals ( UNWPX) and Midas ( MIDSX), posted double-digit percentage declines last quarter because mining stocks fell in value.
Bolivia, which is a big exporter of metals, including silver, tin and zinc, currently exports most minerals through Chile.
The diet eliminates all grains, including whole grains, which are a good source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and heart healthy fiber, and foods such as beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes, all of which have numerous health-promoting qualities.
Beijing is also obtaining colonial-style control of energy and other natural resources (including, notably some 98% of the world's exports of rare earth minerals that are indispensable for state-of-the-art manufacturing for a host of commercial and military purposes).
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil.
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