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FLASHBACK: Rare earth mining in China — low tech, dirty and devastating

A report by state news agency Xinhua paints a particularly grim picture of China’s rare earth industry which belies the notion that China’s crackdown has more to do with managing supply and extracting lofty profits than it is about cleaning up a notoriously dirty business.

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At least three Chilean copper mines halted due to heavy rain

Codelco has halted operations at its Chuquicamata and Ministro Hales copper mines; Freeport-McMoRan suspended El Abra.

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Friedland confident Congo copper mine will be world’s second-largest

The founder of Ivanhoe Mines said the Kamoa-Kakula project is “on track to become one of the absolute greatest copper mining complexes in the world.”

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