I know noting about such mining but assuming that it is a “dirty” business there can be no doubt that China wouldn’t give a rat’s hindquarters. They’d be willing to destroy a region,or country...even their own...if it meant Yen,Euros,Dollars,Pounds,etc.
—”mining” looks messy while going on but in reality, takes up a minuscule amount of the surface of the earth—(there are more acres of airports in North America than hardrock mines)—
—mined land can be reclaimed with much less effort than any of the slums accompanying our aging urban paradises—