Afghanistan deploys security forces in large illegal mining crackdown
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This is the next major copper-gold project in South Australia
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Iron ore jumps to two-week high
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2016 metals, mining outlook darkens
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Top miners squandered $200 billion during boom
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Diamond exports ban lifted from Central African Republic
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