Rio Tinto has a long-established partnership to supply copper to China--they repeatedly stated--and at a hearing refused to say what percentage of the copper generated from Federal lands would be retained and processed in the United States.
Grijalva criticized Rio Tinto's copper supply practices during House debate.
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