In recent years, the global trend of miners "going overseas" has come and gone, with enough pitfalls in compliance, energy, security, and costs to fill a book.

But now the industry consensus has returned to one sentence:
Looking at global mining, the cheapest, safest, and most hassle-free place is still China.
Electricity prices, maintenance, labor, efficiency, engineering capabilities, and overall costs still reach a world-class ceiling.
Some answers become more certain after going around in circles.