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Miners running out of ore, or not?

Miners appear to face a monumental discovery challenge. How do they rise to it?

Keenan Jennings and Richard Schodde

The task confronting the industry is immense. Based on a compound annual growth in world metal demand of 2-3% per annum, mine production in 20 years’ time will need to be 50-80% higher than it is today...

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