japan woos latin america's copper prospectors

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0540950820081205?rpc=44

By Pav Jordan

This bit is interesting + plus the rest of the artical
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Japanese smelters are struggling to lock in a supply of concentrates -- crushed rock containing concentrated mineral in a fine powder -- because of industry consolidation that has left much of the raw material production in the hands of a few companies.
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