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• News & Views | 02 April 2018

  Metal footprint linked to economy

  The annual quantity of metal being used by humans has been on the rise. A new analysis of 43 major economies reveals the extent to which year-to-year fluctuations in metal footprints have been in lockstep with countries’ economic growth and changes in investment spending.

  • Paul J. Burke

• Article | 02 April 2018

  High sensitivity of metal footprint to national GDP in part explained by capital formation

  A country’s metal footprint increases by 2% for every 1% increase in gross capital formation, according to a metal footprint quantification and panel analysis of 43 economies during 1995–2013.

  • Xinzhu Zheng
  • , Ranran Wang
  •  & Edgar G. Hertwich

• News & Views | 29 October 2015

  Putting local food to the test

  • Jonathan E. Hickman