Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.

The raw materials that Australia has in abundance will always be critical to world growth.

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.

We have many opportunities in mining: we have more than 6% of world reserves of uranium. We have many unutilised assets. We have four million square metres in Mecca alone of unutilised state-owned lands.

Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.

Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining.

Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping Africa itself to grow at the same time.

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them.

While Arctic warming is a fait accompli, it should not be taken as a license to recklessly plunder a sensitive environment …. Like it or not, the Arctic is open for business and governments and investors have every reason to get in on the ground floor.

No nation has ever aggressively and intensely exploited national resources over such a great area as has the United States.

Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.

The fact is the U.S. has enormous resource potential available to it.

Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones.

When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.

I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.

For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.

If there's one thing I really want for my birthday, that is for the mining company not to mine my daddy's reserve.

You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable.

You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.

The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created.