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The miners leaving London for Dubai

Executives and juniors shift to the Gulf as red tape squeezes Western mining hubs

Munira Rajkotwalla
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Mining executives are beginning to drift east, not to Shanghai or Singapore, but to Dubai and Riyadh. While the desert seems an unlikely choice for mining, the reason for this movement is less geology...

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