2012 Mining Billionaires: #11 German Larrea Mota Velasco
The lesser-spotted Mexican copper magnate.
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2012 Mining Billionaires: #12 Mikhail Prokhorov
Russia's Eminem, presidential candidate, Snob, jet-ski champion and lazy home buyer.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #13 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes
From the Colorado School of mines to running a $17.6 billion conglomerate.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #14 Roman Abramovich
After record-breaking divorce settlement he has to deal with a new $6.8 billion suit.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #15 Savitri Jindal #16 Andrey Melnichenko
India’s steel family & Russia’s youngest billionaire and self made coal king.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #17 Dmitry Rybolovlev, #18 Oleg Deripaska, #19 Iskander Makhmudov
Three ex-Soviet tycoons into copper, potash and nickel make it big, very big.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #20 Ivan Glasenberg, #21 Nicky Oppenheimer and family, #22 Beny Steinmetz
One South African family bows out as another steps into spotlight. And the second of three diamond billionaires on the list.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #23 Andrew Forrest, #24 Sergei Popov, #25 Viktor Rashnikov
Twiggy and his binding Chinese contracts and two Russians experiencing a very bad year.
2012 Mining Billionaires: #26 Alexander Abramov, #27 Gautam Adani, #28 Dennis Washington
A Russian scientist ditches the lab for mines. An Indian diamond dealer building coal ports. And a small Montana copper mine leads to a private island.
