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African Minerals in $1.5bn China pact

The Business of Mining - thebusinessofmining.com | July 14, 2010 | 9:56 am

“The scramble for west Africa’s iron supplies gained pace on Tuesday when a Chinese steel mill agreed to pay $1.5bn for a minority interest in a single non-producing iron ore project in Sierra Leone. … Shandong Iron and Steel Group,...