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China to revoke over 1,000 iron ore mining licences amid pollution crackdown

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2017 | 3:10 am Energy Top Companies Australia China Coal Iron Ore 

Iron ore prices resumed their downward trend Wednesday after China announced it would revoke about a third of its iron ore mining licences, mostly belonging to small polluting operations amid a government-led crackdown on smog and outdated steelmaking capacity. Lei Pingxi, chief...

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