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China says it has discovered the world’s largest known deposit of gold, estimated to be worth over $80bn (£63bn). The deposit at the Wangu goldfield in central China could yield more than 1,000 ...

According to China’s state news media, the Hunan Academy of Geology estimated that over 1,000 tons of gold reserves are located over 3,000 meters below the surface. READ MORE: Ancient tomb filled with ...

For instance, with both bismuth and tungsten, China is far and away the world’s largest producer: it produces 80 percent of the world’s bismuth and 81 percent of its tungsten. The second ...

titanium and tungsten. China’s share across these minerals varies between 99 per cent (for nitrates of potassium) and 72 per cent (for both REE and raw titanium supplies). Volume-wise supplies ...

NATO's military capabilities face significant risks from China's near-total dominance in seven critical materials essential to defense technologies. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign ...