MarathonMike
Diamond Member
China has poisoned it's own country already with rampant, unregulated rare Earth mining. As they drag their feet cleaning up the disaster they created they are full speed ahead doing the same thing in Africa. The weaker African nations are trying to push back, but no one knows how successful that will be. Add to that the Chinese willingness to exploit child labor you have a human and environmental catastrophe in Africa.
Africa pushes back against China's predatory practices in rare earth mineral sector
Resource rich bigger African states are pushing back against Beijing. In August Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy, suspended some of illegal Chinese mining operations in the country. On August 28, Nigeria terminated the operations of Ruitai Mining Company, a Chinese mining firm, for its...
economictimes.indiatimes.com