China’s toxic pond from rare earth mining, farmer

China's toxic pond from rare earth mining, farmer says ‘I couldn’t feed my family any longer’

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“Spotlight on China”

Tim Maughan, a journalist and writer, wrote a report after his trip to Baotou in 2015. According to Mining.com, this is the world’s biggest supplier of rare earth minerals.
Tim said that Baogang’s steel and rare earth complex dominated the horizon. Endless cooling towers and chimneys reached…

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