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Malaysia's bauxite mining windfall turns ugly
Published Tue, Jan 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
BAUXITE mining in Malaysia went on a tear after neighbouring Indonesia banned exports, transforming an industry that hardly existed until 2013 into China's biggest supplier.
In September alone, China bought a record 3.7 million tonnes of Malaysian aluminium-rich bauxite. It was a US$170.8 million windfall for the oil-palm covered hills in east…
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