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Figure 1. The relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and the domestic consumption rate of industrial minerals & ore and construction material consumption in tons per capita for ~150 different countries in the year 2000. (Modified from UNEP Decoupling Report, 2011; Consumption (metabolic) rate data from Steinberger et al., 2010; GDP data from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD); With the exception of considering Mexico as part of North America, country regions came from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/ m49/m49regin.htm. Not all the countries plotted are labeled above due to space restrictions.
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Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in North America
Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in South America
India
Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in India
India
North America
South America
North America
India
South America