TOKYO -- Businesses from the U.S., Japan and Europe are moving to tap mineral reserves in Central Africa, using the latest technologies to locate critical electric vehicle materials, as China currently dominates development on the continent.
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A truck carries copper ore out of a mine in Zambia. The Central African country is the world's ninth-largest producer of the metal. © Reuters
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