Sri Lanka looks to China for new minsands development

摘要

Sri Lanka's trade ministry has approached the Chinese government for investment in its mining and mineral processing sectors, with particular emphasis on mineral sands and graphite, Lanka Business has reported. Rishad Bathiudeen, Sri Lanka's minister for trade and commerce, was quoted as telling China's envoy to Colombo, Wu Jianghao, during a visit to the island in March that "Sri Lanka wants to upgrade its mineral sector", and that it was looking to Asia's biggest economy to back its development initiatives.