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Afghanistan deploys security forces in large illegal mining crackdown

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 08, 2016 | 3:42 am Base Metals Battery Metals Precious Metals Asia China Europe Copper Diamond Gold Iron Ore Rare Earth 

Afghanistan has deployed security forces to ensure that insurgents fighting to overthrow the government do not benefit from illegal mining of lapis lazuli, the semi-precious blue stone once coveted by Egyptian pharaohs. Illegal extraction of lapis lazuli and other minerals is...

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