Guinea, the world's top exporter of bauxite aluminium ore, had hoped for its own multi-billion-dollar deal with China to build hydropower DAMS, roads and Bridges in return for mines.

几内亚是世界上最大的铝土矿出口国。该国曾希望利用其与中国之间规模高达数以十亿美元计的交易，通过向中国出口矿产，换取中国为其援建水电站、公路以及桥梁。

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That undermines the idea that Chinalco, an aluminium maker with no need of iron ore, would seek to persuade Rio to sell cheaply to China Inc.

这削弱了这样一种说法，即中铝作为一家不需要铁矿石的铝制造商，会企图说服力拓廉价出售产品给中国公司。

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The combined entity would be the world’s biggest producer of iron ore, copper and aluminium, and a major player in coal, zinc and diamonds.

如果这两家公司合并，将缔造全球最大的铁矿石、铜、铝生产商，并在煤炭、锌、钻石行业占据重要地位。

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The London-listed miner is accused of violating forest-protection laws and the rights of tribal groups, but has said it will not abandon the project, which was expected to yield 78m tonnes of the aluminium-bearing ore.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

Most of Russia's aluminium plants operate by tolling, meaning that they rent out capacity to third parties, who deliver ore and take back metal.

ECONOMIST: A heavy toll

Citigroup estimates that the spot price is below the production costs for 15% of copper producers, 25% of aluminium producers, 50% of zinc producers, 30% of nickel producers and 10% of iron-ore producers.

ECONOMIST: Fortunes in the mining business come and go faster than ever