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Business

The new boom

By CCIWA Editor

24 March 2022

There’s another resources boom underway — but unlike the last one, Chinese demand for iron ore is a lesser player: this boom is being driven by the surge in those minerals that make smart phones, and particularly electric vehicle (EV) and renewable energy power systems, work.

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