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Rio Tinto Resumes Copper Exports From Massive Mongolian Mine
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Commodities Rio Tinto Resumes Copper Exports From Massive Mongolian Mine Rio Tinto Group has resumed exports of copper concentrate from its vast Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia following a short protest. The protesters began a blockade of a key road on Wednesday morning local time, preventing trucks from hauling mined copper to the border with China. The reason for the action wasn’t immediately clear, but the mine is controversial in Mongolia, where the government has demanded a bigger...
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Rio Tinto Resumes Copper Exports From Massive Mongolian Mine
Rio Tinto Group has resumed exports of copper concentrate from its vast Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia following a short protest.
The protesters began a blockade of a key road on Wednesday morning local time, preventing trucks from hauling mined copper to the border with China. The reason for the action wasn’t immediately clear, but the mine is controversial in Mongolia, where the government has demanded a bigger share of revenue from operations.