Tibet a key mining growth target for China’s long term global strategic leverage

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan04’26) – One of the main drivers of China’s top mining company’s output growth target for the coming years is the expansion of the Julong copper mine in Tibet, reported newsable.asianetnews.com Jan 3. The company, the Zijin Mining Group, has grown into one of the main instruments through which China is securing gold and copper across Asia and Africa, the report said.

From Tibet to Ghana, the company’s expansion is tightening Beijing’s hold over key mineral supply chains and countries with limited bargaining power. Behind record profits and ambitious production targets is a clear effort to turn resource extraction into long-term political and strategic lev...

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