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China's Hunan Nonferrous Metals has shuttered the Beaver Brook mine in Canada, North America's largest potential producer of antimony, effectively neutralizing a key Western supply source. The move preceded strict export controls from Beijing, which triggered a massive price surge for the mineral from $5,900 to over…