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Australia's mining success places Great Barrier Reef in peril

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 16, 2012 | 12:08 pm Energy Australia Europe Coal Iron Ore 

The unprecedented success of Australia's mining sector, which enabled the country to successfully weather the global financial crisis and has triggered a surge in the Aussie dollar, may have caused irreparable damage to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia's most renowned...

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