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Baotou Iron & Steel to Expand Vast Toxic Lake Dump at Inner Mongolia Rare Earths Complex

Summary by corpwatch.org
Baotou Iron & Steel Group in China’s Inner Mongolia province is planning to spend 2 billion yuan (US$280 million) to expand a huge manmade lake near Baotou city that contains toxic historical “tailings” (waste left behind after processing ore) from the world’s largest rare earth mine and refinery.
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corpwatch.org broke the news in on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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