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  "textContent": "The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.\n\nASTANA — Kazakhstan’s mining sector sits on a paradox. It holds some of the world’s most strategically relevant mineral reserves, yet struggles to attract capital where it matters most at the earliest and riskiest stages of exploration. As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, the constraint is no longer geology, but the ability to turn…\n\nThe post Kazakhstan’s Mineral Wealth Faces Hard Reality  appeared first on The Astana Times.",
  "title": "Kazakhstan’s Mineral Wealth Faces Hard Reality"
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