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Scientists trying to breathe new life into Europe's dying metals mines

Andrew Topf | May 02, 2012 | 7:36 pm Base Metals Europe Copper Zinc 

EuroNews reports on a trend becoming more common in European metal mines: the high cost of extraction amid depleted resources. It gives the example of the Pyhäsalmi mine in Finland, where scientists are trying to figure out new ways to find...

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