Word: nikopol
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...immediately after Promoter Harriman received his concession, Soviet agents attempted to circumvent him by working the manganese mines at Nikopol in the Ukraine, north of the Black...
Last week, according to the Berliner Tageblatt, the Soviet Government, perhaps intending to vex Great Britain, agreed to restrict manganese mining at Nikopol, to take only $1.50 a ton for Harriman-mined manganese, and to waive its demand for renovating the Tiflis-Poti railroad. Those modifications made Promoter Harriman virtual overlord of Soviet manganese production...