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[@Verdaux] I don't know if this is because of what Asura said, but there can be multiple corporations specializing in the same thing. You can do stuff other people are already doing, even in this day and age, companies still know there's a profit to be made in trying to weasel in to a market.
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Yeah, but this is a world in which companies are huge, and most of them have unique advantages because of where they're placed; Australia IRL is a huge mining area, and ranks in the top 5 of mineral production every year. China and India have huge labour pools, and india is so close to the equator that you can launch rockets easily.

On a side note, the PNG rainforest is still up for being exploited by somebody if they need wood.