South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals - CNA

SANGDONG, South Korea: Blue tungsten winking from the walls of abandoned mine shafts, in a town that's seen better days, could be a catalyst for South Korea's bid to break China's dominance of critical minerals and stake its claim to the raw materials of the …

The mine at Sangdong, a once bustling town of 30,000 residents that's now home to just 1,000, holds one of the world's largest tungsten deposits and could produce 10 per cent of global supply when it… [+3048 chars]

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