Sovereign Wealth Funds / BP / Indonesia5 / Ferro / Russia China India Ukraine Venezuala Argentina S. Africa Petroleum / Thailand Electrical Coal / Vanadium / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / /
Country
Ecuador / Zambia / Venezuela / Saudi Arabia / Iran / Kuwait / South Africa / Chile / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Mali / Indonesia / Japan / Russia / United States / Brazil / Canada / Australia / China / Ghana / Iraq / Bolivia / South Korea / India / Islamic Republic of Iran / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Steel Institute / /
IndustryTerm
oil production volume / gas reserves / oil production13 / IT / oil producer / automobile exhaust gas catalysts / rare metal market / energy conservation / carbide tools / oil market / natural gas version / copper metal consumption / past oil crises / gas scrubber / gas turbines / natural gas cartel / automobile / main oil producers / natural gas / oil reserve / value-added/high function products / coal export allocation management law / net oil importer / Energy self sufficiency ratio=production volume / oil / energy price subsidies / tensile steel / rare earth high technology / distribution-type industrial technologies / energy resource / rare metal materials / rare metal / hybrid car motors / energy / social system infrastructure / steel industry / rare metal definition / energy resources / net oil importers / stainless steel / energy consumption / metal materials / social systems / country oil policies / insufficient infrastructure / gas version / self sufficiency ratio=bauxite production volume/aluminum metal consumption volume / natural gas domination / ore self sufficiency ratio=copper ore production/copper metal consumption / metallurgy industry and to promote applications / energy resource/primary energy resource supply volume / oil production / rare metal material market / net oil exporters / oil prices / oil shock / environment/energy sectors / urban infrastructure / steel / at promoting recycling social systems / fostering energy / /
MusicAlbum
Game / /
Organization
World Bureau of Metal Statistics / International Monetary Fund / Kuwait Investment Authority / Steel Institute / Mining Industry Council / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / OECD / Zambia Laos / Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries / Stabilization Fund / Qatar Investment Authority / Japan Center for Economic Research / Abu Dhabi Investment Authority / /
Person
Robert Gillingham / Takayuki Nokami / Jordan Georgia Kenya / PC TV / Fukuda / Akira Ishii / Amine Mati / Kenichi Takayasu / Ali Khamenei / Joseph Ntamatungiro / Kangni Kpodar / Paulo Medas / David Newhouse / Taimur Baig / David Coady / Putin / /
Position
Prime Minister / President / player / producer / oil producer as well as a member / supreme leader / /
Region
Middle East / Central Asia / East Timor / Pacific rim / /
Section 2 Resource problems and Japan’s action As stated in Chapter 1, the recent rise in resource prices has become a focus of attention. While higher resource prices promote economic growth through increased exports