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Huge blow to Gabon as BHP pulls out

Frik Els | March 31, 2013 | 6:14 pm Base Metals Africa Iron Ore 

Another African nation hoping to attract foreign investment has fallen victim of belt-tightening at the world's number one miner. Reuters reports BHP Billiton is freezing all its projects – two planned manganese mine and an iron ore project – in...

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