Rio Tinto mismanagement caused cost overrun at Oyu Tolgoi
Costs to expand the Mongolian mine, Rio's biggest copper growth project, have ballooned up to $6.75 billion from Rio's original budget of $5.3 billion in 2016.
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Talks at world’s top copper mine are heading for a tense finale
A months-long wage negotiation at the world’s biggest copper mine is heading into a tense finale over the coming days.
UN asks Grupo Mexico to compensate victims of Buenaventura mine spill
The Mexican chapter of the High Commissioner’s Office for Human Rights of the United Nations demanded full compensation from Grupo Mexico to […]