News Analysis: A very positive aspect of Mining in general is the creation of employment in more desolate areas of the world. The “Economic Multiplier” spun from employee wages and spent locally, further enhances the economic benefit to a geographic area. If one considers both the gain to the mining organization [which took the investment risk] as well as the employees’ earnings the situation is better for a ‘community’. If the mined products are utilized in the same country, so much the better.
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