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24 July 2010The $1 Trillion Opportunity BY Ninad Sheth

The scene is straight out of a classic Western film, a new age version ofMackenna’s Gold (1969). Except, this West is wilder. Much wilder. It is Afghanistan, after all, and gold is

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Indo-Afghanistan
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Trade
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21 April 2011India’s ‘no-resource’ curse BY Harish Damodaran

The term ‘resource curse' refers to countries rich in mineral wealth, yet unable to harness these to boost their own economic fortunes. Take Guinea, in West Africa, having over a

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coal reserves
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energy security
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India Private sector
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mineral deposits
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mining
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15 August 2011Mining bill gets it right BY Sunita Narain

Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining—coal to limestone—takes away forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pockmarked. It also destroys

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Development
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Environment
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environmental resources
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Group of Ministers
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minerals
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mining
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natural rent
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sustainable mining
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19 August 2011China rules the rare earth BY Pepe Escobar

Asia is at the centre of an inevitable development of our digital world: the coming mineral wars.

The computer you are using to read this article is already involved in a global war.

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Baotou Steel Rare Earth
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cobalt
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computers
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digital revolution
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dysprosium
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europium
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germanium
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lithium
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magnesium
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microchips
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mining
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neodymium
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palladium
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rare earth
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rare minerals
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tantalum
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terbium
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yttrium
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20 October 2011Zimbabwe: Ready for India's Business BY Shipra Tripathi

The streets of Harare are busy with young people looking purposeful and alert. This city is alive with expectation, with an energy akin to what we had seen in India about a decade ago.

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Africa
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Essar
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essar invests
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Harare
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India
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Indian business in Africa
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investment
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mining
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Nation Building
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Parastatal
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Shripa
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Steel mill
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Tripathi
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Zimbabwe

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