Hungry China will dig miners out of a hole

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MINING groups have spared the blushes of private and professional investors over the past year. As financial services, housebuilding and media stocks have crumbled, the commodities boom has made groups such as BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Rio Tinto look star performers. Without the backstop provided by miners and oil and gas groups, the FTSE 100 would already be well south of 5,000.

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