Ivan Glasenberg Quotes

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

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

I have very large ideas about the mineral wealth of the nation. I believe it practically inexhaustible.

We should not be strangling ourselves economically by not utilizing the resources we have been given or by putting them off-limits.

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

For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.

Environmental activism against the resource industry is widespread all over the world, but at the same time we have to realise that these are basic materials on which civilisation depends. We need to tap natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining.

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.

What I said when Otter Creek came up is that we in Montana have a history of giving away our resources. We need to make sure Montana is getting its share.

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.

Our diversity as a people united is also our potential to transform our large deposits of mineral resources and use same for national development.

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

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

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.

The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this project is worth the risk. That's at the heart of governments granting permits and communities granting permission. People understand we do need economic growth. We do need natural resource projects.

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

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

Canada's north is going to change a lot in the new few years. We have every resource imaginable up north.

You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.

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.

Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.