West said to be fretting over China’s interest in Vietnam tungsten mine

West said to be fretting over China’s interest in Vietnam tungsten mine

American and other Western officials are worried a Vietnamese tungsten mine and refinery may come under Chinese control, potentially hampering access to a major source of the critical mineral outside China, people with knowledge of the matter said. Heightened U.S.-Sino trade tensions have seen China, by far the world’s dominant supplier of tungsten, restrict exports … Read more