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[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/05/17/398765777/who-did-this-to-perus-jungle by Jason Beaubien 17/5/15 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/05/17/398765777/who-did-this-to-perus-jungle by Jason Beaubien 17/5/15 npr] | ||
In the 21st century, the demand for gold is once again having a profound effect on Peru. As world gold prices have risen over the last decade to record highs, thousands of subsistence farmers from the Peruvian Andes have flooded east into the Amazon basin in hopes of uncovering tiny specks of the metal. A decade ago, when gold was trading at $400 an ounce, deposits in old riverbeds wouldn't have been worth pawing through. They became incredibly attractive as the price of gold shot up to as much as $1,800 an ounce. | In the 21st century, the demand for gold is once again having a profound effect on Peru. As world gold prices have risen over the last decade to record highs, thousands of subsistence farmers from the Peruvian Andes have flooded east into the Amazon basin in hopes of uncovering tiny specks of the metal. A decade ago, when gold was trading at $400 an ounce, deposits in old riverbeds wouldn't have been worth pawing through. They became incredibly attractive as the price of gold shot up to as much as $1,800 an ounce. | ||
=====China's Zijin Mining to invest $380 mln in Argentina lithium plant===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/article/business/chinas-zijin-mining-to-invest-380-mln-in-argentina-lithium-plant-idUSL6N2UF06P/ by Reuters 4/2/22] | |||
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Chinese mining firm Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd will invest $380 million to construct a lithium carbonate plant in Argentina via local subsidiary Liex, the country's Ministry of Production said on Friday. | |||
