Hardly enough to worry Vale, BHP or RIO –
Mexican police seize 119,000 tonnes of iron ore mined by drug lords
Cecilia Jamasmie – 4 March, 2014
Hardly enough to worry Vale, BHP or RIO –
Mexican police seize 119,000 tonnes of iron ore mined by drug lords
Cecilia Jamasmie – 4 March, 2014
According to the link they have been ‘steeling’ the iron ore for years.
I suspect they have been hiding drugs in it – probably not easy to detect.
@Awesome Lank
Indeed … but how to separate the wheat from the chaff at the other end ?
Centrifuges, magnets, NaOH leaching … ?
Whatever, ingenious 🙂
Mostly skimming $15 per t off the top – easier than mining the stuff – classic protection racket – sounds like civil war to me –
Mexico Drug Cartel Makes More Dealing Iron Ore
Associated Press
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press
Monday March 17, 2014 12:38 PM