[T]he newsletter...is almost entirely focused on the latest developments and progress of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)...[T]he publication of this issue coincides with the 6th EITI Global Conference in Sydney...We have in depth articles on EITI from an investor perspective..., from an individual country viewpoint...and from industry representatives...In each case we get an honest appraisal of just how far the EITI approach to transparency has gone in making a difference to some of the world’s poorest people...towards helping to lift some of the most disadvantaged communities out of poverty...[T]his issue of the newsletter also features a special report on progress to date in a number of EITI signatory countries [refers to AngloGold Ashanti, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Freeport-McMoRan]