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I have 50 x 500-600 articles I need rewritten / written in wikipedia format (very simple to do).. basically headings are simply formatted. The only complexity are tables but they are pretty easy to put together once you see how they are done.

Each article I want written in an 'encyclopedia' format (ie just like it might be on wikipedia), and I want references to 'data' values properly cited in footnotes (e.g. if you get a data figure from an article on google I'd like the source such as the web page referenced).

Commodities Topics (30 in total)
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For the first 22 I have PDF scans (files "Commodities.pdf to Commodities9.pdf") which I would like rewritten and brought up to date.

The word limit will obviously be reduced from the scan word length to 500-600 words and the graphics can be skipped. Also content from wikipedia can be referenced. I want the data in the scans brought up to date in particular pricing information and some more up to date info on supply/demand (consumption per annum and production per annum worldwide) which should be easy to find on google. In this example I want the headings commodity, price, supply/demand, geology, average grades, I want the "metallurgy" section reduced to 2 paragraphs and then a paragraph on china's consumption added (should be easy to find on google or google news). Additionally I want one paragraph on major worldwide uses (easily found on wikipedia). I do want the data in the tables.

I have included scans of ComText*.pdf which has additional info to help for many of these.

Finally I have included two directories "ok-to-start-with" and "bad-redo" which contains the efforts of someone else I contracted to do this work earlier. The "ok" folder is more like what I want and provides a starting point for you in terms of format. The "bad-redo" directory articles did not have the right format and were written from a "journalist's" point of view rather than one suitable for "reference".

* Aluminium (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Coking Coal (also see info in ComText*.pdf) (some info already on wiki)
* Steaming/Thermal Coal (also see info in ComText*.pdf) (some info already on wiki)
* Cobalt
* Coal Bed Methane (some info already on wiki)
* Copper (I have a lot of data in the wiki already which will help under "Copper", also see the international copper study group) (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Diamonds
* Gold (also the World Gold council www.gold.org and www.australiangold.org.au) (also see info in ComText*.pdf) (some info already on wiki)
* Heavy Mineral Sands
* Iron Ore (also see info in ComText*.pdf) (some info already on wiki)
* Lead (I include a PDF from the International Lead Zinc Study Group as well) (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Lithium
* Magnesium
* Natural Gas (also see info in ComText*.pdf) (some info already on wiki)
* Nickel (also see the international nickel study group) (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Oil and Oil Shale (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Platinum Group Metals
* Silver
* Tantalum
* Tin
* Uranium (I have a lot of data in the wiki already which will help under "Uranium"), the website www.uxc.com and the report, I include also a uranium report, you can also see www.uxc.com (also see info in ComText*.pdf)
* Zinc (I have a lot of data in the wiki already which will help under "Zinc", I include a PDF from the International Lead Zinc Study Group as well)

These additional 8 I don't have scans for but want something similar (from wikipedia/google):
* Manganese
* Vanadium Pentoxide
* Molybedenum
* Chromium
* Wheat
* Sugar
* Corn
* Water (here I want just a general topic on water/water scarcity and usage)

ARTICLE REWRITES (20 total)

I have included a directory "rewrites" where I have 20 files (20 topics). Each will have the title of the new article as filename and either a general outline of what I would like or one or more articles I'd like merged / summarised into 500-600 words in the file.

The articles must be well written and free of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.

Possibility of ongoing work for a good writer.