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Countries Push to Extract More Cash from Big Mining Companies

By Rhiannon Hoyle in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Alexandra Wexler in Kalumbila, Zambia From Congolese jungles to Indonesian highlands, a struggle is raging between governments and major mining companies over control of commodities vital to the production of everything from steel to electric cars to smartphones. Developing-world leaders, spurred by rising mineral prices, are making their toughest demands on Western mining companies in years, squeezing them to...