Commodities
After 32-year halt, production resumes for export to US, possibly Japan
This tungsten mine in South Korea’s Yeongwol County has been reopened by U.S.-based Almonty Industries. (Photo by Nami Matsuura)
NAMI MATSUURA and NA KIYOUNG
YEONGWOL COUNTY, South Korea — Tungsten is being mined in South Korea for the first time in three decades, and it could help the country and Japan reduce their reliance on China for the industrial metal.