Rio Tinto seeks international arbitration on tax dispute with Mongolia
Rio is already stuck in renegotiations over terms of the agreement underpinning the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.
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Newmont profit beats on higher output, gold prices
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De Beers posts lowest profit since end of diamond monopoly
Not since at least the early 2000s, when De Beers gave up its global monopoly on diamonds, has the company earned so little money.