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Exclusive: West Concerned Over China’s Interest in Strategic Vietnamese Tungsten Mine

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  LN24 / 3 months
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Western officials are growing increasingly uneasy about a potential Chinese takeover of a major tungsten mine and refinery in Vietnam, according to sources familiar with the matter. The site, one of the largest known sources of the critical mineral outside of China, has attracted interest from entities linked to Beijing raising fears about further consolidation […]