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Washington highlights child labour in mica mines to strike blow against Beijing

The Trump administration is financing a project to tackle child labour in Madagascar's mica mines, confronting Beijing, the main buyer of the mineral, on a sensitive human rights issue. [...]

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Just before the US presidential election, Donald Trump authorized the United States military to train officers from six so far blacklisted African states.

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Tokyo and Seoul on different tracks over Ambatovy nickel mine

After Canada's Sherritt, the longtime operator of Ambatovy's nickel-cobalt mine, threw in its hand in August, the two remaining shareholders differ on the way forward: armed with the government's blessing, Japan's Sumitomo is all-in for the long-haul, but South Korea's Kores is already looking for a way to fold.

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