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Swiss Mining Company Demands Compensation From Bolivia
March 2007 by Associated Press
Glencore International AG demanded compensation from Bolivia’s government for nationalizing a tin smelter owned by the Swiss mining company.Gold Rush in the Congo

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Gold in the San Francisco District Oatman, Mohave County, Arizona

USGS Reports Increase of Imported Minerals
Since 1993, US reliance on imports of raw and processed materials of mineral origin has increased more than seven fold.
Executive Defends Special Mill Site Exemption
Hardrock mining never would have happened in the United States if a recent interpretation of the nation's mining law had been in effect in the 1890s, a mining executive says.
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