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Africa's exports to China are dominated by minerals and raw materials, such as crude oil and metallic ores.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“They are very complex ores with highly unusual mineralogy, and some of them have relatively high contents of the radioactive elements uranium and thorium,” Goodenough notes.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
However, they are also lower grade than many such ores mined elsewhere across the globe, Goodenough notes.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
Rio Tinto’s Nuton venture is using sulfuric acid and bacteria to remove copper from ores that are otherwise uneconomical to mine, which could boost domestic production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
“We can be our own barbarians. Madame Szegeczowska.—Oh, I meant to ask you. The Almaden mercury mines have fallen off quite badly in production. Surely the ores are not declining more rapidly than anticipated?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
