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'Mining isn't critical', Trafigura boss tells conference

Smelting is the key, LME Metals Seminar hears

William Clarke
Pictured from left to right, Trafigura's chief executive Richard Holtum and chairman Jeremy Weir

Pictured from left to right, Trafigura's chief executive Richard Holtum and chairman Jeremy Weir | Credits: Trafigura

"Mining is not critical," Richard Holtum, chief executive of the trading company Trafigura, told the LME Metals Seminar in London today. "You do not have national security if you just have stuff in...

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