Super-large rare metal deposit discovered in northwest China (People’s Daily)
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China has discovered rare metal deposits of more than 100,000 tonnes of niobium, the nation’s largest of its kind, in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an engineer revealed Monday. “The size has surpassed China’s total proven niobium reserve of 80,000 tonnes,” said Xu Haiming, a senior engineer with the Institute of Mineral Resources at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. “The …
