Chinalco could invest $426 million in Suriname bauxite project
If approved by parliament, Chinalco could begin construction by the middle of next year.
Setting aside the recent stumbles, China and the rest of the developing world have been voracious consumers of copper and petroleum and the charts below are reminders of how far they have come.
Note the steep upward lines below in an infographic by W.E.R.I., which notes that demand for commodities “. . . is expanding more rapidly than its economic might.”
