Thus all those mountains of copper oxide out there (and there are many, quite literally, mountains of copper oxide) became copper ore instead of dirt.

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While this may have been good news for Nepal, Indian industry claims the market was flooded with exports of hydrogenated vegetable oil, acrylic yarns, iron pipes, copper wire and zinc oxide, which India claims has hurt its market.

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