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Chinese Investors Helped Save A Strategic U.S. Mine—And Made This American Rich
By Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff J ames Litinsky first visited the Mountain Pass rare earths mine in 2015 because he was worried about the $40 million his hedge fund had sunk into distressed bonds issued by mine owner Molycorp. He came away stunned by …