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rare earth elements extraction

St. James Parish alumina smelter investor buys much bigger stake; gobbling up Jamaican mine

There's a new majority owner for an alumina refinery and chemical alumina plant in St. James Parish as part of a deal that could spur development of a $1 billion plant to extract rare earth elements from alumina residue at the site near Gramercy.

Brazil bauxite mine pollution, poverty

MRN bauxite mine leaves legacy of pollution, poverty in Brazilian Amazon

Traditional people say Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) has given back little while doing great harm.

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