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US minerals offensive to hit China in DRC 

When Freeport-McMoRan sold Tenke Fungurume the largest copper mine in Africa to China for $2.65 billion in 2016, no-one batted an eyelid. 

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The sale of the giant mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was viewed as a painful loss for Freeport, but necessary to cut a $20 billion debt load.