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blackguardxlast Thursday at 12:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

They have plenty of mines for iron amd otber metals in western countries as well. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte,_Montana


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jna_shlast Thursday at 12:16 PM

Also Kiruna in Sweden, an iron mine they relocate the entire town around to expand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna_mine

Also the reason for the existence of the Norwegian port town of Narvik, connected to Kiruna by the world’s most northerly train line.

closewithlast Thursday at 12:07 PM

Not to mention that Brazil is a Western country.

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