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Groves tried to have the Shinkolobwe mine re-opened and its output sold to the United States.{{sfn|Hewlett|Anderson|1962|pp=285–286}} Sengier reported that the mine could yield another {{convert|10,000|ST|t|order=flip}} of ore containing 50 to 60 per cent oxide, but restarting production required new equipment, electricity to pump out the flooded mine, and assembling a workforce, which would take 18 to 20 months.{{sfn|Helmreich|1986|p=18}} Mine repairs and dewatering cost about $350,000 and another $200,000 was required to divert electricity away from copper mines.{{sfn|Helmreich|1986|p=35}} As 30 per cent of the stock in Union Minière were held by British shareholders and the [[Belgian Government in Exile]] was in London, the British took the lead in negotiations.{{sfn|Hewlett|Anderson|1962|pp=285–286}} Negotiations took much longer than anticipated, but Sir [[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|John Anderson]] and Ambassador [[John Winant]] hammered out a deal in May 1944 with Sengier and the Belgian Government in Exile for the mine to be reopened and {{convert|1720|ST}} of ore to be purchased, and the contract was signed until 25 September 1944.{{sfn|Helmreich|1986|pp=36–37}} The agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Belgium lasted ten years
[[File:BOILER and PROCESS BUILDINGS, SOUTHWEST OBLIQUE - Middlesex Sampling Plant, Process Building, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ HAER NJ,12-MIDSX,1A-6.tif|thumb|left|Boiler and process buildings, [[Middlesex Sampling Plant]]]]
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