Ukraine’s mineral dreams: US deal faces Soviet-era hurdles
The US-Ukraine mineral cooperation agreement may be bold in vision — but its execution is already proving to be a bureaucratic and logistical quagmire.
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Rio Tinto to ship Simandou ore in November
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