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Rights issues of indigenous peoples and of specific groups, not least hunters and
fishermen;
• International relations: strategic resources like rare earth elements and uranium as well as
the potential influence of, for instance, Chinese investments.
A number of the, now mature, mining projects were developed in a period of increasing world
market prices on minerals. Facing decreasing world market prices and subsequently, a reluctance
among investors to provide capital might inspire