Nearly a decade into China's rampant commodity-buying spree the bosses of the big mining companies are starting to talk about the growing problems getting all manner of minerals out of the ground.

在中国狂暴的商品购入盛宴几乎接近十年的时刻，大型采矿公司的老板们开始讨论开采各式矿藏所面对的越来越多的问题。

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"In public, the officials like to talk about commodity prices, because it is always easier to blame problems on something outside," he said.

他说：“在公众面前，官员们喜欢谈论商品价格，因为这样可以很容易地将责任推卸给外部原因。”

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During the early part of 1998, as Russia staggered through falling commodity prices, fiscal problems and political chaos, Carlson had largely stayed away.

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And while that holds a host of problems for things like commodity demand, China is still building.

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Meanwhile, the economic problems are being confirmed by commodity prices, including the price of oil.

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