[T]he government is seeking to attract…investment to develop bauxite mining and aluminium refining projects…It has already signed a contract with a subsidiary of Chinalco…to build one mine and agreed with Alcoa…to carry out a feasibility study for another. Critics say the arrival of large-scale bauxite mining in a region that currently grows coffee and other crops could cause irreparable damage to the environment and displace the ethnic-minority groups who inhabit the Central Highlands…[T]here are also genuine concerns about the lousy environmental records of many Chinese mining companies.